Cherkes v. Postal Life Insurance

Plaintiff has recovered judgment, entered upon a verdict, on a policy of life insurance issued by defendant. The defense to the action was an assertion of material misrepresentations made by the insured in his application for the policy.

In answer to the questions "When and by whom have you had a periodic or health examination? ” and “ Name all symptoms, diseases or disorders for which you have consulted a physician or sought treatment during the last five years ”, the insured made reference only to an operation in the year 1949 for the removal of his gall bladder and to the preoperative…