Southern States Life Ins. Co. v. Dunckley

KNIGHT, Justice.

Bill by Southern States Life Insurance Company, appellant here, to cancel a certain policy of insurance, issued by it on the life of W. W. Dunckley, with Mattie Lou Dunckley, wife of the insured, as the beneficiary. The policy contained double indemnity and disability clauses, and was issued as of date January 24, 1928. The stated theory of the bill is: (a) The insured made false statements as to his health in his application for the insurance, and in answer to questions by the medical examiner; and (b) that there was a breach of warranty in the “good health clause” as…