Grose v. Liberty Industrial Life Ins.

Luther Grose took two life insurance policies in defendant company, one on July 24, 1924, and the other February 23, 1925, for an aggregate amount of $632.56. Mary Grose was made the beneficiary in the two policies. Luther Grose was killed by Lanhopp in June, 1926. Plaintiff brings this suit as beneficiary to recover the amount of the policies. Judgment was rendered in her favor for the amount claimed.

In one of the policies the insured is denied any benefit “for injuries received by him while violating the law”, and in the other it is also stipulated that there can be no recovery on the…