Weber v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

On May 16, 1947, the appellant Insurance Company issued a policy of life insurance upon the life of respondent, Maurice J. Weber. It was an endowment-plan policy for $15,000 maturing in twelve years or upon prior death, and attached thereto was a total and permanent disability waiver of premiums supplement. The policy specifically provides that the two-year incontestability limitation applicable to the policy does not apply to the supplementary provision granting benefit for total and permanent disability. The controversy concerns only the waiver of premium clause of the policy.

The written…