Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Crawford's Administratrix

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

On April 1, 1929, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company issued to Oscar Crawford a policy insuring his life in the sum of $228. While fox hunting on the hills near Frankfort, on April 13, 1929, Crawford fell and died from mitral lesion of the heart. Thereafter his wife qualified as administratrix and brought suit to recover on the policy. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in her favor for the full amount of the policy, and the company has prayed an appeal.

The company defended on the ground of false, material, and fraudulent…