Jefferson v. Coastal Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action upon a. life insurance policy issued May 11, 1922, upon the life of Nat Jefferson, payable to his son, Godfrey Jefferson, $175 if the insured lived beyond six months from the date of the policy, and one half of $175 otherwise. The insured died within six months and the beneficiary sued upon the policy before a magistrate for $87.50.

The defense was that the beneficiary who applied for the policy had made misrepresentations as to the health of the insured and as to other matters material to the risk._

The magistrate tried the…