Atlanta Life Insurance v. Cormier

Mr. Judge HICKMAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

The certificate of the Honorable Court of Civil Appeals discloses the following facts:

On March 11, 1929, the Atlanta Life Insurance Company executed and delivered to Arnotole Cormier its policy of life insurance in which his wife, Marjorie Cormier, was named as beneficiary. The insured died on April 9, 1931. In a suit by the beneficiary on the policy the insurance company pleaded as a defense to its liability that prior to and at the time the policy was issued the insured was afflicted with epilepsy, from which he…