Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Alvarez

The complainant issued a policy of insurance for $1,000 (Exhibit C-1) on the life of S. Joseph Alvarez, the defendant's husband, on a written application signed by him on September 19th and September 30th in the year 1938 (Exhibit C-2). The insured died July 3d 1940, from a malignant hypertension renal involvement (Exhibit C-3).

The complainant seeks to rescind the policy and to restrain an action at law thereon, alleging that it was issued through false statements in the insured's application. Its claim for relief is based on equitable fraud. Prudential Insurance Company of America v.…