COMMONWEALTH LIFE INS. CO. v. KEEN


231 S.W.2d 78 (1950)

COMMONWEALTH LIFE INS. CO. v. KEEN.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Hoskins, Hyden, William H. Abell, Louisville, Ogden, Galphin & Abell, Louisville, for appellant.

A. E. Cornett, Hyden, Cornett & Dixon, Hyden, for appellee.


LATIMER, Justice.

Appellee, Wiley Keen, brought this action on an insurance policy on the life of his son, James Walker Keen. The policy in question, issued by appellant in 1946, was in the sum of $2,000. Approximately 16 months after the issuance of the policy, James Walker Keen died, at the age of 17, with what medical authorities designated rheumatic heart disease. The policy was what is termed a non-medical policy, that is, issued without medical examination....

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