Jaggi v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. J. Engo Grimm, Judge. (1) This case should be reversed because of the failure of the court below to give defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence, for: (a) The plaintiff: was not a designated beneficiary nor did she fall within any of the classes named in the facility of payment clause. Floyd v. Prudential Ins. Co., 72 Mo. App. 455, 459-60; Kelly v. Prudential Ins. Co., 148 Mo. 249; Ferretti v. Prud.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. J. Engo Grimm, Judge. (1) This case should be reversed because of the failure of the court below to give defendant’s instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence, for: (a) The plaintiff: was not a designated beneficiary nor did she fall within any of the classes named in the facility of payment clause. Floyd v. Prudential Ins. Co., 72 Mo. App. 455, 459-60; Kelly v. Prudential Ins. Co., 148 Mo. 249; Ferretti v. Prud. Ins. Co., 97 N. Y. 1007; Wokal v. Belsky, 53 N. Y. App. Div. 167, 65 N. Y. Supp. 815; Golden v. Met. Life Ins. Co., 35…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is a suit upon a policy of insurance — what is ordinarily termed an industrial policy— issued January 31,1910, insuring the life of one Fred*389erick Beckley in the sum of $177. The insured died February 21, 1912, and this suit was instituted June 4, 1912. The cause originated before a justice of the peace, and found its way to tbe circuit court where upon a trial de novo, before the court and a jury, there was a verdict for plaintiff for the amount of the policy with interest, together with an attorney’s fee of $50, making a total of $235.99. From a judgment rendered upon such verdict the…
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- Keller v. Home Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Andrus v. Fidelity Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Patterson v. American InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Jones v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Stix v. Travelers Indemnity Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913
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- Wright v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1920
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