State Ex Rel. Kansas City Life Insurance v. Bland

This is an original proceeding in cer-tiorari to review for conflict with the latest controlling decisions of this court respondents’ opinion in Spillman v. Kansas City Life Insurance Company (Mo. App.), 180 S. W. (2d) 605.

Nora Spillman, the beneficiary of two identical life insurance policies, sued the insurance company under the double indemnity provisions for the additional indemnity claiming assured died from an accident. Assured shot and killed himself while insane. The policies attempt to exclude from the double indemnity benefit, death resulting from self-destruction while insane but…