HUGHES v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. L. INS. CO.

Docket No. 60, Calendar No. 47,059.

351 Mich. 302 (1958)

88 N.W.2d 557

HUGHES v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus, Kelman, Loria, McCroskey & Finucan (Jerry S. McCroskey, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Sessions & Barlow, for defendant.


BLACK, J.

This suit was brought upon a policy of life insurance in the amount of $1,000, issued February 1, 1951, by defendant to Grace Teall. The defense is what is known to the profession as medical fraud. The policy names plaintiff Mildred Hughes, daughter of Grace Teall, as beneficiary. Grace Teall died September 17, 1952, at age 53. The immediate cause of death was rupture of an ulcer of the stomach, causing peritonitis. A contributory cause of death, according...

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