Fowler v. Life & Casualty Insurance

Clifford E. Fowler, beneficiary, sued the Life & *531Casualty Insurance Company upon an industrial life-insurance policy, issued upon the life of Mrs. Mattie E. Fowler. The company defended upon the ground that the insured had been treated by a physician for a serious disease before the issuance of the policy, and died within two years of its issuance. The evidence was conflicting, and there was a question for the jury as to whether the insured died from the serious disease for which she was treated before' the issuance of the policy or whether it contributed to her death. The judge directed a…