Vincent v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the amount of a policy of life insurance, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County where the second defense was stricken out (Thayer, J.) upon motion, and the cause was afterwards tried to the jury before Grayer, J. ; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This is the cause which was restored to the docket of the Superior Court upon the writ of error which was before us in Vincent v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso., 75 Conn. 650. The action was brought by the beneficiary named in a life insurance policy, to recover its amount. Upon its restoration the defendant pleaded two defenses. The first contained sundry admissions and denials, and an allegation of a breach of warranty in that the material fact of the age of the assured was misstated in the application, it being stated as fifty-six at her nearest birthday, whereas she was in fact, as…
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