Kansas City Life Insurance v. Wilkinson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to ascertain the lawful beneficiary of an insurance policy. *

On August 6, 1925, one Stanley R. Smith, a minor 17 years of age, applied for and received a life insurance policy for $1,000 issued by the plaintiff. The boy’s mother, Sadie Catherine Smith, was named as beneficiary. The policy was taken out with her *306consent and approval, and she and her son had an oral agreement that in consideration of her paying the premium he would not change the beneficiary during her lifetime. In consonance with this agreement she gave the…