Schepman v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n

BLAND, J/

This is a suit on an accident insurance policy. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $5266.66, and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that one Orland 0. Turner, a druggist of St. Joseph, Missouri, the holder of an accident insurance policy with the defendant, met his death on November 30, 1934, as a result of a hemorrhage of the brain. The wife of the insured, Mrs. Laura L. Turner, was the beneficiary in the policy. Defendant denied liability for the death. Mrs. Turner assigned to the plaintiff her cause of action upon the policy and this suit…