Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. v. Goerlich
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1926No. 4191PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action on an insurance policy for $5,000, issued April 28, 1922, upon the life of Alpha S. Goerlieh, who died August 2,1922. There was a judgment in the District Court for the beneficiary, wife of the insured. The defense was false representations material to the risk, inducing the company to issue the policy. The refusal of the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict for defendant on that ground is one of the assignments of error. Before discussing it we refer to an affirmative plea of plaintiff, claimed by her to constitute a bar to the introduction…
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3Cited by9 opinions
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