National Life Accident Ins. Co. v. Baker

FOSTER, Justice.

The suit is upon a policy of life insurance.

Special plea 2 alleged that the policy provided that no liability is assumed unless at the time when it is delivered the applicant is in sound health; that he was not then in sound health, but had syphilis, which increased the risk of loss. Special pleas 3, 4, and 7 alleged that the policy provides that no benefits shall be paid for death resulting from venereal diseases, and that his death resulted from syphilis, a venereal disease. Special plea 5 alleged that in his application he represented that he had received no medical or…