Gem City Life Insurance v. Stripling

On January 16, 1929, Gem City Life Insurance Company issued upon the life of Grover Cleveland Ward a policy of insurance in which Mrs. Eva Ward Stripling was named as beneficiary. After the death of the insured on December 1, 1930, the company filed against Mrs. Stripling a bill in equity in which it sought a cancellation of the policy upon the ground that the insured in his application had made false statements as to several material matters. The defendant filed an answer in which she contended that the policy was not subject to cancellation for any of the reasons alleged, and in which by…