Hanf v. Northwestern Masonic Aid Ass'n
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Lincoln County. The defendant, the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association, issued to Carl Ilanf a certificate of life insurance in class No. 4, in a sum equal to $1.20 for each member of such class, but not to exceed $2,500. The certificate bears date April 27, 1881. Carl Ilanf died May 2, 1888. This action was brought by his children, who are named in his application for the insurance as the 'beneficiaries thereof.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Lincoln County. The defendant, the Northwestern Masonic Aid Association, issued to Carl Ilanf a certificate of life insurance in class No. 4, in a sum equal to $1.20 for each member of such class, but not to exceed $2,500. The certificate bears date April 27, 1881. Carl Ilanf died May 2, 1888. This action was brought by his children, who are named in his application for the insurance as the 'beneficiaries thereof. One of them, E. F. Ilanf.\ joined in bringing the action as well in his own right as in his capacity as the executor of the last will and testament…
1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.
If the testimony of the local agent of the defendant association, through whom the insurance was obtained, is competent, it proves conclusively that Carl Hanf was over fifty years of age when the certilicate of insurance in suit was applied for and issued, to the knowledge of both him and the agent, and that at the solicitation of Hanf the agent conspired with him to misrepresent his age to the association in order to obtain the insurance; also that both knew the association would not issue the certificate if informed of the true age of the applicant. The truth of the last statement is proved…
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