Taplin v. Washington Nat. Ins. Co.

WESTERFIELD, Judge.

This is a suit on a policy of industrial life insurance brought by a beneficiary, Grace Taplin, claiming $139, the face value of the policy. The claim is resisted upon the ground that the policy is void because ob tained by willful and fraudulent misrepresentation concerning the health of the assured.

There was judgment below in defendant’s, favor dismissing plaintiff’s suit, and she has appealed.

The application, which is in evidence, contains the following interrogatories which were answered by the deceased applicant in the negative:

“Give below history of all illness and…