New York Life Insurance v. Veit

In 1923 Minnie A. Bradbrook applied to plaintiff for, and there was issued to her by plaintiff, a policy of insurance on her life, payable to her husband, George E. Brad-brook, in the face amount of $25,000. The written application signed by Mrs. Bradbrook stated that she had been born in 1877, and that she was forty-six years old at the time she applied. Her application contained language assuring plaintiff that all the answers therein were true and that she understood that plaintiff would believe them to be true and act upon them. So acting, plaintiff wrote the policy at the premium rate…