Baker Ex Rel. Baker v. Mardis

This is an action in damages based upon an alleged fraudulent change in the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. Plaintiff is a minor, and the suit was brought in her name by her uncle and next friend, James Baker. Defendants are D. Y. Mardis who was cashier of the Farmers Bank of North Salem, Linn county, Missouri, and Robert Baker, grandfather of Gusta Baker. All the parties reside in the vicinity of North Salem.

It appears that on November 18, 1919, the Central States Life Insurance Company of St. Louis, Mo., issued a policy of insurance on the life of Benjamin H. Baker, in the sum of…