Demirjian v. New York Life Insurance

The defendant claims that it is entitled to judgment because as matter of law under the evidence the false statements (1) were made with intent to deceive and (2) increased the risk.(1) Two Wisconsin cases among others cited by defendant seem on their face to rule the case in its favor on the *73proposition that the false statements were made with intent to deceive. Monahan v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. 192 Wis. 102, 212 N. W. 269, held that false statements of a school teacher that she was in good health, that the only illness she had had since childhood was tonsilitis, and that her weight had…