National Acc. Soc. of New York v. Dolph

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

In May, 1887, the National Accident Society of New York accepted Samuel Dolph as a member of said society, and issued to him a policy of insurance, which provided that, in the event of the death of the insured resulting from accidental bodily injuries, the society would pay the principal sum of $4,000 to Mindwell Dolph, wife of said assured. It appears from the record that, in the application which he made for this policy of insurance, said Dolph stated his occupation to be that of a professional salesman' in a lumber yard and a foreman of men, and that his risk…