Robinson v. Pilgrim Health & Life Ins. Co.

Oxner, Justice.

On November 21, 1947, the Pilgrim Elealth & Life Insurance Company issued a policy of insurance for $1,000.00 on the life of Winston Wesley Robinson in which his wife, Ruby Janet Robinson, was designated as beneficiary. The insured died on May 25, 1948. The Company denied liability upon the ground that the insured made false representations in his application, and upon the further ground that he was not in good health at the time of the delivery of the policy in that he was suffering from miliary tuberculosis which subsec[uently caused his death. The Company offered to return…