The Security Benefit Association v. Farmer

This is an action by appellee against appellant to recover on a beneficiary certificate for $2,-000 issued by appellant on the life of Brinnie L. Farmer, in which appellee was named the beneficiary. The complaint alleged that Mrs. Farmer died on February 1, 1935, proof of death was furnished, and payment was refused. It further alleged that the said certificate shows the age of the deceased as 44 years at the time of the issuing of the policy, when as a matter of fact she was 57 years old; that said facts were known to appellant’s district manager, one Essig, who wrote the application for the…