Porter v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This was an action to recover double indemnity on a life insurance policy which provided that upon receipt of proof that the insured had sustained bodily injuries, solely through external, violent and accidental means, resulting, directly and independently of all other causes, in the death of the insured, the defendant would pay an additional, amount equal to the face of the policy.

The late Mrs. Jessie Johnson, of Kansas City, Mo., held a policy of life insurance for $516 issued by defendant in 1931, and payable to plaintiff at her death.…