Missouri State Life Insurance v. Barron

TMs is an appeal from a judgment for $2,000, twelve per centum statutory penalty, and an attorney’s fee of $500, rendered in a suit in the circuit court of Pulaski County, Second Division, in favor of appellees against appellant, on a certificate of accident insurance under group policy No. ADD-501 carried by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company to protect John Barron, husband and father of appellees, as well as its other employees, from death resulting from accidental bodily injuries, effected through external, violent and accidental means independent from all other causes * * *.

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