State Ex Rel. Smith v. Bland

Certiorari to the Judges of the Kansas City Court of Appeals in G. Blanchard Smith v. Helen Gertrude Smith et al., reported in 181 S. W. (2d) 793. Reference is made to that opinion for a fuller statement of the facts.

The relator’s suit in the circuit court was for a declaratory judgment, to determine his rights and the rights of his wife and the defendant insurance companies in three insurance policies on his life in favor of his wife. The relator and his wife were separated but not divorced. The wife claimed the three policies as an executed gift from him. He contended there had been no…