O'Rourke v. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co.

This is an action on a policy of life insurance, in which the plaintiff is the beneficiary, upon the life of her son, a boy fifteen years old when the policy was issued.

The defence is that the application contained false answers to questions which are made warranties by the terms of the policy.

To the question : " Has this company ever refused to issue a policy on this life?” the answer was “No.”

The plaintiff admits in her testimony that she knew that the boy had been previously rejected by this company, and says that she and her husband stated the fact to the agent who took the application…