NEW ENGLAND MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. GILLETTE

No. 22, Docket 21020.

171 F.2d 500 (1948)

NEW ENGLAND MUT. LIFE INS. CO. v. GILLETTE.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

November 26, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim and Walter S. Beck, all of New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Oeland & Kuhn and George W. Riley, all of New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, the insurer under a life policy, brought this action to cancel the policy and to enjoin the defendant, the widow of the insured and the beneficiary, from suing upon it, on the ground that it had been procured by misrepresentations of the insured in his application for the policy. The gravamen of the action was that, as all claims made under the policy became incontestable after two years from its issue, it was necessary for the...

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