Bloom

Plaintiff had judgment in the sum of $9,284.50 upon an action instituted to recover said sum on two certain policies of life insurance alleged to have been issued by the defendant, insuring plaintiff’s husband, William Wolf Bloom. The policies in question were each for the sum of $5,000 and judgment was awarded for the amount of each policy, less the premium due thereon in the sum of $320.25 for each policy. From this judgment the defendant appeals.

The transcript discloses the following facts: That on or about the month of April, 1923, one Stillman, acting as the agent of the defendant, and then residing in the city of Modesto, where the plaintiff then resided, interviewed the plaintiff and her husband, William Wolf Bloom, relative to the talcing out of a life insurance policy by the said Bloom. After considerable negotiation the said William Wolf Bloom consented to the taking out of a policy in the sum of $5,000. Thereupon said Stillman wrote out and submitted a written proposal to the defendant, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company of California, whereby the said Bloom made application for the issuance to him of a life insurance policy in said sum. The application as filled…