Sweeney v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

By the terms of the policies of insurance issued by the defendant the answers and statements in the printed and written applications for the policies are made a part of the contract; the applicant declares and warrants that the representations and answers made are strictly correct and wholly true; that they shall form the basis and become part of the contract of insurance if any be issued, and that any untrue answer will render the policy void.

Whether statements which obviously cannot lie within the knowledge of the applicant, and which both parties must know are to be given upon information…