Morton ex rel. Richardson v. Supreme Council of the Royal League
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. W. B. Douglas, Judge. STATEMENT. Plaintiff’s petition states that William C. Richardson is public administrator and ex-officio public curator of the city of St. Louis in charge of the estate of Gertrude F. Morton, a minorthat on June 26, 1893, the appellant, a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, insured the life of Charles Morton for the benefit of said Gertrude in the sum of four thousand dollars,…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. W. B. Douglas, Judge. STATEMENT. Plaintiff’s petition states that William C. Richardson is public administrator and ex-officio public curator of the city of St. Louis in charge of the estate of Gertrude F. Morton, a minorthat on June 26, 1893, the appellant, a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, insured the life of Charles Morton for the benefit of said Gertrude in the sum of four thousand dollars, the certificate of insurance being-pleaded in full; that said Charles Morton died May 6, 1900, having complied with the…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
The principal controversy in this case is as to whether the suicide by-law of the association, which was in force at the time of Charles Morton’s *86death, constitutes a defense to plaintiff’s cause of action; but before discussing that quesion it is necessary to consider the proposition advanced by the defendant’s counsel that an insurance policy payable’ to the insured or his estate, or one in a fraternal order (in which the denominated beneficiary had no vested interest) is forfeited by the suicide of the insured while sane, whether the policy so provides or not. That rule, we admit, is…
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