Old Colony Life Insurance Co. v. Fetzer

On March 18, 1926, appellant instituted suit against appellee in the chancery court of Jackson County to cancel a life insurance policy for $1,000 issued by it on the 24th day of May, 1924, to Lora Fetzer, insuring her life in favor of her husband, the appellee herein, in consideration of an annual premium of $24.46, upon the ground that the 'policy was induced and procured through misrepresentations as to the condition of her health, willfully or knowingly made, with intent to deceive.

One of the alleged false, fraudulent and untrue statements was her answer to the effect that she had never…