CARTER v. CONTINENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 7516.

115 F.2d 947 (1940)

CARTER v. CONTINENTAL LIFE INS. CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided November 4, 1940.

Rehearing Denied December 3, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elwood G. Hubert, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

LeRoy Pumphrey, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and VINSON, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

This is a suit upon a life insurance policy. The insured died in 1937. The proof of death filed by the appellant beneficiary showed that the degree of relationship between the insured and the beneficiary had been misstated in the application and that the beneficiary, instead of being a sister, was a sister-in-law of the insured. The insurance company successfully defended on the ground that appellant had no insurable interest in the life of her brother...

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