Scott v. Missouri Insurance

[ 661] This cause was heard and determined in the St. Louis Court of Appeals (222 S.W. (2d) 549) but, upon the order of this court, the cause was transferred here and-it will be decided as though the appeal had properly come to this court in the first instance. Sec. 10, Art. V. Const. of Mo. 1945.

The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court of Appeals to which reference is had for a detailed statement. Briefly, the facts are that this is a suit on an industrial twenty-five year endowment insurance policy issued July 21, 1947, on the life of Gertrude Watts for $500, and in which the…