Bankers Health & Life Insurance v. Hamilton

Robert W. Hamilton brought suit against The Bankers Health & Life Insurance Company on a policy of life insurance, dated February 20, 1933, issued on the life of the plaintiff’s wife, Ida M. Hamilton. The insurance company defended by pleading fraud in the procurement of the policy, in that the written application contained false representations as to medical treatment of the insured during the five-year period previous to the issuance of the policy. The evidence was that the wife died on April 16, 1936; that in 1930 a Dr. Mayo was treating her for high blood pressure and giving her…