511.31 - PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE -- ESTOPPEL. - Iowa Statutes

511.31 PHYSICIAN'S CERTIFICATE -- ESTOPPEL. In any case where the medical examiner, or physician acting as such, of any life insurance company or association doing business in the state shall issue a certificate of health or declare the applicant a fit subject for insurance, or so report to the company or association or its agent under the rules and regulations of such company or association, it shall be thereby estopped from setting up in defense of the action on such policy or certificate that the assured was not in the condition of health required by the policy at the time of the issuance or delivery thereof, unless the same was procured by or through the fraud or deceit of the assured.          Section History: Early Form [C97, § 1812; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8770; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 511.31]