Liberty Life Insurance v. Guthrie

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was an action by the Liberty Life Insurance Company to cancel a life insurance policy which it had issued and delivered to one Robert Claude Guthrie. The defendant, Cora M. Guthrie, the wife of the deceased and sole beneficiary under the ■policy, answered and cross-petitioned for recovery on the- policy. She prevailed, and plaintiff appealed. We shall refer to appellant as the insurer, and to the appellee as the beneficiary.

It is the insurer’s contention the policy was void for the reason it was not delivered during the good health of…