Prudential Insurance v. Cottingham

This suit was brought by the appellee to recover upon a policy of insurance on the life of one Charles J. Cottingham issued by the appellant.

The facts as they appear in the record, may be briefly stated as follows:

In the application, made by the terms of the policy a part of the contract of insurance, the insured stated he was born on the 7th August, 1882, that is, was over twenty years old at the time the policy was issued, on the 19th February, 1903. If this were correct the insured’s estate at the time of his death on the 19th of July, 1903, was entitled to the full sum of $1,000; but if…