McRory v. Independent Order of Puritans

This action was brought by the guardian of John Paul Johns, a minor, against the Independent Order of Puritans, a fraternal association organized and existing under the laws of Pennsylvania, to recover judgment on a limited annuity certificate issued to Anderson B. Johns. The substantial defense interposed by defendant is that the insured in his medical examination for membership in the order, falsely stated and represented that he had never had inflammatory rheumatism, that he had not recently had any severe illness, that he was last attended by a physician ten years prior to making the…