Becker v. Colonial Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Colonial Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the llth day of February, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of February, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered on the 29th day of January, 1912, striking out…
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Appeal by the defendant, The Colonial Life Insurance Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the llth day of February, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of February, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered on the 29th day of January, 1912, striking out part of defendant’s amended answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
This action is brought upon a life insurance policy. The issuing of the policy payable to ■ plaintiff, the death of the insured, and the service of proofs of death are admitted. By its amended answer defendant alleged that the policy was issued in reliance upon a written application therefor, which was made a part thereof, and also upon a medical examination of plaintiff’s testator, made by a physician on behalf of defendant; that in said written application he willfully made false and • fraudulent statements as to his previous and future occupation, as to his then and previous…
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