Saunders v. Crusader Life Insurance Co.

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

The plaintiff, Estella M. Saunders, as named beneficiary, sued the defendant, Crusader Life Insurance Company, for the death benefits under a life insurance policy which that company had issued on the life of her husband, David Saunders, who died on January 4, 1965. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant’s motion for new trial was sustained and plaintiff has appealed.

Crusader Life Insurance Company is a Kansas Corporation, authorized to and doing a life insurance business in Missouri. On December 28, 1961, it issued Policy #5831 to David Saunders, a…