Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York v. Hurni Packing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa; Henry T. Reed, Judge. Action at law by the Hurni Packing Company against the Mutual Rife Insurance Company o'f New York. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
In this case Hurni Packing Company, the beneficiary of a life insurance' policy issued in Iowa to Rudolf Hurni by the Mutual Rife Insurance Company of New York, brought suit against the insurer for the amount of the policy. The answer alleged that the policy was not in force, because Hurni made fraudulent and false representations in his application for the policy, and thereby obtained the. policy and the prerequisite certificate of health from the insurance company’s medical examiner.
There was a trial to a jury, but at its close each of the parties asked the court for…
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