Cummings v. Connecticut General Life Insurance

This is an action of contract upon a policy of life insurance written by the defendant upon the life of Nellie M. Cummings. The plaintiff is the surviving husband of the insured and the beneficiary designated in the policy. The defendant conceded the execution and delivery of the policy and the death of the insured, but defended upon the grounds: (1) That the insured at the time of the medical examination for the policy fraudulently concealed the fact that she then was and had for some years before been suffering from a disease of the heart known as chronic myocarditis. (2) That she…