Legal Opinion
New York Life Ins. Co. v. Swift
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1930No. 5549PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant filed a bill to cancel two policies of life insurance, issued to Dick F. Swift, appellee, with his wife, the other appellee, as beneficiary, each in the sum of $10,000. The policies contained the usual clauses making them incontestable after two years and voidable for any material false representations or warranties in the applications. The bill alleged diversity of citizenship, and that more than $3,000 was involved, and further alleged certain material false representations and warranties in the applications, which allegations, if sustained, would require the…
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