Fell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover on a policy of life insurance, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Light, Acting-Judge ; verdict for the plaintiffs, which the court upon motion set aside as against the evidence, from which the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
By the express terms of the policy of insurance upon which this action is brought, the application for the policy is made a part thereof. The contract of insurance is based upon the statements in the application. The insured warrants that the representations and answers made in the application are strictly correct and true, and covenants that any untrue answer will render the policy null and void. Such a contract creates no liability on the part of the insurer if any one of the statements, the truth of which is thus warranted, is in fact untrue. Wood v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 13 Conn. 533,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hennessy v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Burr v. HartySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Loomis v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Wood v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1840
3Cited by12 opinions
- State v. AvcollieSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
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- Cables v. Bristol Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Bradbury v. City of South NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
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