McEwen v. New York Life Insurance
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Chas. Monroe, Judge. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLennon, J.
This action was instituted for the recovery of the amount of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant, New York Life Insurance Company, in July, 1910, to plaintiff's son, Charles B. McEwen, who died in November, 1910. Defendant resists payment of the policy upon the ground that the decedent procured the issuance of the policy by means of fraud, concealment, and misrepresentations in answering written questions propounded to him by defendant’s medical examiner on June 29, 1910, and that defendant accepted the application and issued the policy in reliance upon the truth of these answers.…
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