O'Connor v. Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action to recover the sum of one thousand dollars claimed by plaintiff as beneficiary under a certificate issued by the defendant to her son, Richard J. McKeown, on September 3, 1900. The assured died January 1, 1902.
Defendant contested the right of plaintiff to recover solely upon the ground that in his examination by the medical examiner of defendant her son gave false answers as to his own health and that of one of his brothers, and which false statements it is insisted under the terms of the contract of insurance rendered it void.
The case was tried before a jury, a verdict…
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