Case Name: Chris Manelas v. National Accident and Health Insurance Company
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1938-11-01
Citations: 89 N.H. 559
Docket Number: 
Parties: Chris Manelas v. National Accident and Health Insurance Company.
Judges: Branch, J., did not sit.
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 89
Pages: 559–560

Head Matter:
Hillsborough,
Nov. 1, 1938.
Chris Manelas v. National Accident and Health Insurance Company.
Warren, Wilson, McLaughlin & Wiggin, for the plaintiff, furnished no brief.
Thorp & Branch, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plaintiff cannot recover if the falsity of his statement "affected either the acceptance of the risk or the hazard assumed by the insurer." P. L., c. 281, s. 15. In this jurisdiction a false statement as to medical history is held to affect the acceptance of the risk as a matter of law. Amoskeag Trust Co. v. Insurance Co., 88 N. H. 154, 163.
Judgment for the defendant.
Branch, J., did not sit.