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CHAGNON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 3910.

96 N.H. 256 (1950)

ALEXANDRE CHAGNON, by his Conservator, ROGER CHAGNON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

July 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice A. Broderick and James A. Manning (Mr. Broderick orally), for the plaintiff.

Wyman, Starr, Booth, Wadleigh & Langdell (Mr. Booth orally), for the defendant.

KENISON, J.

There has been and continues to be a square split of authority on the question of whether insanity or mental incompetency of the insured excuses the lack of, or delay in, notice of proof of disability. See the cases collected in Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Johnson, 293 U.S. 335. In an annotation in 142 A. L. R. 852, 853, appears the following statement: "There is a conflict of authority upon the question whether...

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