Adams v. Manhattan Life Ins. Co.

This is an action, by the beneficiary, the plaintiff Mrs. Adams, to recover on a $5,000 policy of insurance issued to Clarence C. Adams by the defendant insurance company.

This policy was issued on February 8, 1937. Adams became ill with a heart attack in March, 1937, and died on October 7, 1937, of heart disease, described by the doctor as an enlarged, “de-compensating heart.”

Among the questions required to be answered in the application were No. 17 and No. 18 of Part 2, as follows:

“17. Have you ever suffered from any ailment or disease of

“(a) The Brain or Nervous System?

“(b) The Heart, Blood…