Bayley

Bayley v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.

Good Law
1899 Cal. LEXIS 1149·6 Cal. Unrep. 254·56 P. 638
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 18, 1899S. F. No. 857California911 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

This is an action upon a policy of accident insurance. The verdict and judgment were for plaintiff, and defendant appeals from the judgment and order denying a new trial.

The assured, George H. Bayley, was killed by an accident, and this action is brought by his- widow, Gertrude B. Bayley, who was the person in whose favor the policy ran. At the trial all of the defenses set up in the answer were waived, except two: (1) That the insured represented in his written application for the policy that he had never proposed and been declined insurance by an accident insurance company, and that this was not true; and (2) that he represented in said application that he had never received compensation for any accident, whereas he had, in November, 1892, and *255 also in the year 1886, received compensation from other accident insurance companies on account of injuries he had sustained by previous accidents.

As to the first defense, it is sufficient to say that the evidence as to that defense was materially conflicting, and that, therefore, the finding of the jury upon the issue cannot be here disturbed.

2. The application upon which the policy was issued contained the following: “Said…

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