Boos v. Mutual Life Insurance

On August 2, 1924, tbe appellee, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, issued two policies for $1,000, each upon tbe life of William A. Boos. Both policies named Minnie Boos, appellant, wife of the insured, as beneficiary. The insured died June 22, 1925, of heart failure, resulting from drinking an excessive quantity of alcohol. The defense interposed to appellant’s cause of action and particularly relied upon as a ground for affirmance was that the certificate of the physician was obtained by the fraud and deceit of the insured.

The original application and certificate of the examining…