Parker v. Aetna Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas J. Seehorn, Judge. (1) The insurance contract was made, executed and delivered in the State of California, and is governed by the laws of California. The law of that State was duly pleaded and proven, (a) The policy contains the following provision: “If insured shall commit suicide within one year from the date hereof this policy shall be null and void.” This condition is valid under the law of California.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas J. Seehorn, Judge. (1) The insurance contract was made, executed and delivered in the State of California, and is governed by the laws of California. The law of that State was duly pleaded and proven, (a) The policy contains the following provision: “If insured shall commit suicide within one year from the date hereof this policy shall be null and void.” This condition is valid under the law of California. Dennis v. Union Mutual Life Ins. Co., 84 Cal. 570. (b) The policy was issued July 11, 1914, and the insured committed suicide February 10,…
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County.
This was a suit to recover $20,000, and interest, the amount of a life insurance policy issued by the defendant company, July 11, 1914, upon the life of Carl S. Parker, in favor of his wife, Susan A. Parker, the plaintiff. The policy was issued in the city of Los Angeles, California, where the insured and his family then resided. The insured died from a gun-shot wound at his home in Los Angeles on February 10, 1915.
The answer was, first, a general denial, and that the insured committed suicide, in contravention of a provision in the policy,…
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