Pope v. Reserve Life Ins.

On September 11, 1957, Dimitri S. Pope purchased three policies of insurance covering hospital, medical and related expenses for himself and his wife, Rada, plaintiffs-appellants herein, from an agent of Reserve Life Insurance Company, defendant-appellee herein and hereinafter called Reserve. A separate application was made for each policy. Each application contained in printed form ten questions relating to the insured. Pope signed each application form, but otherwise the written answers to the questions were in the handwriting of Reserve’s agent, allegedly based upon oral answers by Pope.

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