Show THIRD TRIAL IN INSURANCE CASE Supreme Court Reverses Judgment Against Co Judgment of the district court coult is reversed reversed and a new trial ordered Inthe in inthe the the case case of Mrs Maud Chadwick against the Beneficial Life Lie Insurance company company by a decision of the su supreme su- su pr preme rne court ourt in which the five judges write separate opinions This is the third time the case has been sent back to the district court for a anew v trial The first time the trial court granted a a directed verdict on motion of the Insurance company In Ill the second trial the Jury held that the company should pay the amount of the policy poley it had issued Issued to J. J Charles harles Chadwick on May 29 1916 1016 Chadwick an Afton Afon Wyo r rancher d died ed Aug August st 13 1916 of tuberculosis pf of the a a. a disease disease which usually runs runs for some years years years' before causing death The nature of ot the disease was not discovered until after death Chadwick had been treated for rheumatism rheu rhet- before the policy was Issued but made no reference to this when he hews was before the medical examiner The The company company contested payment of the p policy on the ground of fra fraudulent di nt re-pr re representations made to its Is m medical ex examiner riner Chief Justice E. E E. E Corfman in writing the opinion which prevails says if I the insured at the time ime of making his application has knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge or bt good reason to know that he heis heis' heis e eis' eis is is' afflicted with wih a disease that renders renders ren ron ders his his' condition serious and and that thereby his is longevity will wi be prejudicially impaired paired hs statements and representations to the contrary in reply to specific inquiries constitute I a fraud practiced upon the insurer ard and which when successfully proved d invalidate the policy poley Th The chief Justice thinks the case should be ordered dismissed but yields s to his associates In gr granting a anew anew anew new trial instead ad |