Doell v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Griffith, P. J.,

Defendant moved for judgment on the pleadings in an action in assumpsit on a $500 life insurance policy written by defendant on the life of Ileen EL Doell in which her husband, plaintiff, was named as the beneficiary.

Defendant filed an answer to the complaint and under new matter set forth the application for the policy dated February 1, 1960, and averred that, contrary to the answers contained in the application, the insured had been treated by physicians and had spent a period of four days in a hospital in 1959. It appears from defendant’s new matter that the insured was…