Metropolitan Life Ins. v. Brown

SWEENEY, District Judge.

This action was brought to determine the real value of a $5,000 insurance policy which was procured by the alleged misrepresentation of the insured. It also seeks a reformation of a contract entered into with this defendant which was procured through the alleged misrepresentations of both the insured and the defendant.

Findings of Fact.

In December, 1929, the plaintiff issued a policy of insurance on the life of Joseph Brown, hereinafter called the insured, which had a face value of five thousand dollars. In the application for this policy the insured gave his age as…