NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. FLETCHER

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117 U.S. 519 (1886)

6 S.Ct. 837

29 L.Ed. 934

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, v. FLETCHER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick N. Judson, with whom was Mr. John H. Overall, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George D. Reynolds for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is conceded that the statements and representations contained in the answers, as written, of the assured to the questions propounded to him in his application, respecting his past and present health, were material to the risk to be assumed by the company, and that the insurance was made upon the faith of them, and upon his...

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