Legal Opinion
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Conway
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1962PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
In October, 1959, Mrs. Lillian Conway made a written application to the plaintiff, Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, for a $25,000 life insurance policy on her life and thereafter (on October 16) the insurance company issued such a policy. The insured died some nine months later, in July of 1960. Assertedly discovering that she had fraudulently misrepresented certain factsxm her application, the plaintiff on September 15,1960 notified the-4efendants, the beneficiaries named in the policy, that it “rescinded” the policy and tendered its check for the premiums paid.
The policy contained a…
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