Rogers v. Fraternal Aid Union

The opinion of the court was delivered by, Dawson, J.:

This was an action on a fraternal insurance policy. Plaintiff’s wife, Juanita Rogers, twenty-one years old, and mother of two children, made application on May 27, 1923, for membership and insurance in the defendant institution. She was asked the usual precautionary questions. Some of these and her answers thereto read:

“20. Are you of sound body, mind and health, . . . ? A. Yes. . . .

“12. Have you in the past five years been treated by or consulted any physician in regard to personal ailment? No. ...

“15. ... If applicant is a woman . . .…