Rhodus v. Kansas City Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court.—Hon. Francis H. Trimble, Judge. •
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
Defendant is a life insurance company located at Kansas City, Missouri, and it had an agent named Galvin, who solicited insurance at different places in the state, took applications and notes for first year’s premiums, collected the notes and sometimes delivered policies after they were issued. Defendant also had a local medical examiner at Lawson, a town about fifty miles from Kansas City. Plaintiff, claiming that defendant made a binding verbal contract of life insurance oh the life of her deceased husband, Charles O. Rhodus, in her favor, for five thousand dollars, brought this action for…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cravens v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Springfield Steam Laundry Co. v. Traders' InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Nickell v. Phoenix InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- McCully's Adm'r v. Phœnix Mutual Life Ins.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
- Kino v. Phoenix InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
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- Beaty v. Southland Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1930
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