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HOUSTON v. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

No. 34395.

137 F.Supp. 583 (1956)

Charlotte S. HOUSTON, Plaintiff, v. The CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

January 10, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angell & Adams, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Keesling & Keesling, Henry C. Clausen, Henry C. Clausen, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants.

ROCHE, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff seeks to recover on a life insurance policy which is dated November 3, 1953, and the defendant defends on two grounds: 1. The policy is voidable because of misrepresentation of material facts in the application; and 2. because the insured died from a wound which was intentionally self-inflicted with a rifle.1

The application dated September 24, 1953 contains the following statements:

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