National Life & Accident Insurance v. Lee

1. Where an applicant for insurance represented in good faith that she was in sound health, and on the strength of such representation, and upon the opinion of its agent and of the physician who examined the applicant the insurance company issued its policy, and it was in good faith accepted by the applicant, the policy will not be avoided by reason of the fact that the applicant was then afflicted with an incipient and fatal malady, which at that time had not manifested itself or in any way deranged, impaired, or affected the general soundness and healthfulness of the applicant. National…