Nophsker v. Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum

Citations

• 215 Pa. 631
• 64 A. 788
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 863

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Life insurance — Application—False representations as to health —Evidence.</p> <p>In an action upon a policy of life insurance where the defendant sets up false representations by the insured as to his health, and there is evidence tending to show that the applicant was afflicted with a lingering and progressive disease at the time the application was made, it is proper to admit in connection therewith evidence of the continuance of the same disease afterwards, and until the death; and it is also proper to admit in evidence declarations made by the applicant prior to the date of the policy as to suffering from a disease, which he denied ever having had, when making his application for insurance.</p>