Missouri State Life Ins. Co. v. Jensen

This is an action to cancel a life insurance policy issued by the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, plaintiff in error and plaintiff in the court below, to John G. Jensen, who allowed the same to expire for nonpayment of premiums, and upon written application said policy was reinstated.

John Jensen died before the trial, and his beneficiary filed a cross-petition asking for the amount of the policy. The case was also revived in her name as executrix. The only grounds for cancellation alleged in the plaintiff’s petition was a fraudulent statement in the application for reinstatement, which…