Hicks v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The evidence in the case, coming directly or indirectly from the plaintiff herself and remaining uncontradicted and unexplained, conclusively establishes the fact that on the date of the policy and at the time of the application therefor, and for approximately eight years prior thereto, the insured was afflicted with a stricture of the rectum, also called tuberculosis of the rectum, and that said…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William M. Kinsey, Judge. (1) The evidence in the case, coming directly or indirectly from the plaintiff herself and remaining uncontradicted and unexplained, conclusively establishes the fact that on the date of the policy and at the time of the application therefor, and for approximately eight years prior thereto, the insured was afflicted with a stricture of the rectum, also called tuberculosis of the rectum, and that said disease caused her subsequent death. Therefore, the demurrer to the evidence, at the end of the case, should have been…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
This is an action originating before a justice of the peace, on a policy of insurance issued on November 11, 1912, insuring the life of one Sadie Griffin in favor of plaintiff, the mother of the insured, named as beneficiary therein. The insured died on September 24, 1913; and shortly thereafter plaintiff duly furnished defendant with proofs of death and demanded payment of the amount of the policy, but defendant refused to pay the same. Plaintiff prevailed before the justice of the peace and on defendant’s appeal to the circuit court, and a trial there ele novo before the court and a jury,…
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