Haapa v. Metropolitan Life-Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Houghton; Streeter, J. Assumpsit by Arthur Haapa against the Metropolitan Life-Insurance Company on a policy of insurance. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
For more than a year before securing the policy of insurance, the insured had an incurable disease of the heart, of which fact and that she, on account of the disease, was liable to die suddenly, her husband, the beneficiary, was informed by the physician whom he had employed to treat her. She had been treated for this trouble in March and in October, 1904. The policy was issued in April, 1905, upon an application made therefor during the same month, and the application was made a part of the policy and a copy of it attached thereto. This disease resulted in her death in July, 1905. The…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Beebe v. Ohio Farmers' InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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