Held (aff. judgment of the Court of Session, and referring as a precedent to Anderson v. Fitzgerald, 4 Clark and Finnelly’s House of Lords Gases, 484) that it was no bar to an insurance company pursuing assignees of a policy of insurance for reduction thereof on the ground of wilful fraud and misrepresentation by the insured as to his habits and state of health, that certain of the officers of the company, after acceptance of the proposal and before the death of the insured, had suspicion as to his habits, but made no inquiry and gave no intimation to the assignees till after his death.
Judges:
Lord Hatherley, Lord Blackburn, and Lord Gordon
Citations:
[1878] UKHL 386, 15 SLR 386
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Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Insurance
Updated: 08 October 2022; Ref: scu.646299
