Sick v. Covenant Mutual Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leoby B. Yalliant, Judge. The court erred in taking the consideration of the case from the jury by its peremptory instruction to find for the defendant. Woods v. Ins. Oo., 50 Mo. 116; Sims v. Ins. Oo., 4-7 Mo. 54; Tutt v. Ins. Oo., *19 Mo. App. 677; Hanley v. Ins. Oo., 69 Mo. 380; Chadwick v. Order of T. A., 56 Mo. App. 463; Goedecke v. Ins. Go., 30 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leoby B. Yalliant, Judge. The court erred in taking the consideration of the case from the jury by its peremptory instruction to find for the defendant. Woods v. Ins. Oo., 50 Mo. 116; Sims v. Ins. Oo., 4-7 Mo. 54; Tutt v. Ins. Oo., *19 Mo. App. 677; Hanley v. Ins. Oo., 69 Mo. 380; Chadwick v. Order of T. A., 56 Mo. App. 463; Goedecke v. Ins. Go., 30 Mo. App. 601. The court erred in sustaining defendant’s objections to plaintiff’s testimony offered to show her understanding as to how payments were to be made. Primm v. liaren, 27 Mo. 211;…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
Plaintiff took out a policy of insurance on her life for $1,000 in favor of her husband, in consideration of a premium of $1.50 to be paid on or before the first of each and every month during a term of ten years. For about five years after the issuance of the policy the monthly payments were paid to a collector, and-in many instances such payments were made after the first day of the respective month for which they were due. On the twenty-first of January, 1896, the insurance company -wrote plaintiff that the collector would not thereafter call for premiums, and if she desired to continue…
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