Elhart v. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance

Citations

• 47 Wash. 659
• 92 P. 419
• 1907 Wash. LEXIS 831

Syllabus

<p>Insurance—Life Policy—Defenses—Waiver of Forfeiture—Demanding Proof of Loss. Although proofs of death showed that the deceased was killed while engaged in a prohibited occupation contrary to the provisions of the policy, refusal to accept the proofs because not made on the prescribed forms, and the sending of blank forms, does not waive the right of the company to deny liability on account of such violation of the policy, where the forms sent contained express provision that no waiver of such defense should arise from the furnishing and delivery of the blanks.</p>