Moss v. National Life and Accident Insurance Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CONCERNING STATE LAW APPLICABLE TO THIS ACTION

ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.

This is an action wherein plaintiff, the beneficiary under an insurance policy on the life of James V. Moss issued by defendant, seeks to recover the $10,000.00 face value of the policy, the $20,000.00 accidental death benefit, damages for vexatious refusal to pay, and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in the prosecution ■ of this action. The action was removed to this Court from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, on the basis of diversity of citizenship between the parties and an…