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JOPLIN v. JOHN HANCOCK MUT. LIFE INS. CO.,

No. 116.

55 Wis.2d 650 (1972)

200 N.W.2d 607

JOPLIN, Respondent, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 3, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Quarles, Herriott, Clemons, Teschner & Noelke, attorneys, and Charles Q. Kamps and W. Stuart Parsons of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Kamps.

For the respondent there was a brief by Charles L. Rustin, attorney, and Walter Eugene Brown of counsel, both of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Rustin and Mr. Brown.

WILKIE, J.

Two issues are raised by this appeal:

1. Is the insurance company estopped from asserting that misrepresentations had been made to it?

2. Should the trial court have directed the verdict that Thelma Joplin's misstatements increased the risk to the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company?

Alleged estoppel.

Mrs. Joplin asserts that John Hancock is in no position to pursue its main contention that the trial court...

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