Whitlatch v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

BERRY, Justice.

This appeal concerns the correctness of the trial court’s action sustaining a motion for directed verdict and entering judgment for defendant in error, in an action brought by plaintiff in error as beneficiary, to recover upon an insurance policy issued by the defendant company.

Defendant issued a group life insurance policy to the Oklahoma Bar Association Group Insurance Trust. Under this group policy insurance coverage was extended to active members of the Oklahoma Bar without medical examination. On May 10, 1961, plaintiff’s decedent, an active lawyer 69 years of age, made…