Hereford v. Mystic Workers of the World

— Plaintiff is the beneficiary in a policy of insurance issued by the defendant, a fraternal beneficiary association. The insured died and defendant refused to pay the policy. Plaintiff brought this suit for the face value of the policy and, having recovered a verdict and judgment, defendant has appealed.

The suit was defended on the ground that the insured made false representations as to her health *388in tlie application for the insurance. In tbis application, which, she signed, the insured warranted that the answers made by her were fully complete and literally true, and that if the answers…