John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Benedict

The defendant in error, Grace L. Benedict, brought an action against the plaintiff in error in the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, Ohio, as beneficiary on a policy of life insurance, in the sum of five thousand dollars, on the life of Harry W. Benedict, husband of Grace L. Benedict, the life insurance company having refused payment thereunder and denied liability.

The essential facts, chronologically stated, are as follows:

*202On December 12, 1918, Harry W. Benedict made application to the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, plaintiff in error here,…