New York Life Insurance Co. v. Bahadurian
Cases that cite this one
11 later published cases cite this decision.
- Ranger, Inc. v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. Of United States (6th Cir. 1952)
- Continental Assurance Co. v. Shaffer (District Court, W.D. Michigan 1957)
- Great Northern Life Ins. Co. v. Vince (6th Cir. 1941)
- Lawrence v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. (6th Cir. 1937)
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Cusick (Mich. 1963)
- General American Life Ins. v. Wojciechowski (Mich. 1946)
- Continental Assurance Co. v. Friedman (Mich. 1939)
- Western & Southern Life Ins. v. Ogrodnik (Mich. 1939)
- Rickert v. Travelers Ins. Co. (Mich. 1937)
- Boran v. New York Life Ins. Co. (Mich. 1936)
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Winsor (Mich. 1932)
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Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff filed a bill to cancel, on the ground of fraud, a life insurance policy issued to defendant's husband payable to her. There was decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
The insured, in his application, represented he had not consulted a physician in five years prior to making such application. Plaintiff proved he did so consult a physician, and defendant recalled the witness and sought to prove that the insured's infirmity impaired his health to a minor extent only. The insured —
"concealed a material fact by a false representation. The insurer had a right to know that he had consulted a physician, the application called for such knowledge, and if it had been imparted the insurer could have made investigation. * * * The false statement bore a direct relation to acceptance of the risk and the hazard assumed by the insurer."Bellestri-Fontana v. Life Insurance Co.,
The decree of the trial court is affirmed.
WIEST, C.J., and BUTZEL, CLARK, McDONALD, SHARPE, NORTH, and FEAD, JJ., concurred.
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