Pierce ex rel. Durfee v. New York Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Atchison Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. C. Ellison, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
This is an action on two policies of ordinary life insurance alleged to have been issued and delivered by defendant to Alice R. Pierce for the benefit of plaintiff, her minor daughter.
The defenses of present concern are, first, that neither policy was delivered to the assured and, second, that plaintiff was not the beneficiary of either policy. A trial of the issues thus raised resulted in a verdict for plaintiff on both policies. Defendant appealed and argues that the court should have peremptorily instructed the jury to find in its favor.
On April 22, 1911, Alice R. Pierce, a widow living on…
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