Callahan v. Connecticut General Life Insurance

This cause was certified here by the Kansas City Court of Appeals because a constitutional issue is presented for determination. [281] (See, 201 S.W.2d 406.) It is an action by Roberta Callahan, as an individual and as guardian and curator of Norma L. Callahan, a minor, the named beneficiaries (hereinafter designated plaintiff), under a double indemnity rider of an insurance policy issued on the life of Neel L. Callahan, the husband and father. Callahan's feet were frozen on December 13, 1944, which the attending physician stated was the prime cause of his death on December 26, 1944, with…