Sommer v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

In Logan v. Fidelity & Casualty Co., 146 Mo. 114, 47 S.W. 948 (1898), this Court held that the suicide statute (§ 376.-620, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S.) applies to accident policies of insurance. The courts of Missouri have struggled ever since to reach logical results within the framework of such holding. Cf. Spillman v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co., 238 Mo.App. 419, 180 S.W.2d 605, and Kaskowitz v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, Mo.App., 316 S. W.2d 132.

In my opinion, the discussion which appears in 1959 Washington University Law Quarterly, pp. 183-188, conclusively demon*649strates the illogic of the…