Rose v. Franklin Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Eon. James D. Barnett, Judge. The judgment on both counts should have been for the defendant. Mutual Reserve v. Roth, 122 Fed. 853; Westerman v. K. P., 196 Mo. 711; Gessner v. Railway Co., 137 Mo. App. 47; Statham v. Insurance Co., 93 U. S. 34; Rclfe v. Insurance Co., 76 Mo. 603; Rumbol'd v. Insurance Co., 7 Mo. App. 73; State v. Vandiver, 213 Mo. 187; Conn. Ins.
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Appeal from Lincoln Circuit Court. — Eon. James D. Barnett, Judge. The judgment on both counts should have been for the defendant. Mutual Reserve v. Roth, 122 Fed. 853; Westerman v. K. P., 196 Mo. 711; Gessner v. Railway Co., 137 Mo. App. 47; Statham v. Insurance Co., 93 U. S. 34; Rclfe v. Insurance Co., 76 Mo. 603; Rumbol'd v. Insurance Co., 7 Mo. App. 73; State v. Vandiver, 213 Mo. 187; Conn. Ins. Co. v. Commonwealth, 133 Mass. 164. ■ (1) The policy is a Missouri contract and the non-forfeiture law — R. S. 1899, secs. 7897-7899 — is part of the contract. Cravens v. Ins. Co., 148 Mo. 599;…
1Opinion of the CourtCaulfield, J.
(after stating the facts). — The suit was brought and.prosecuted by plaintiff upon the theory that the policy, notwithstanding the lapse, had, at the time of lapse, a net value, three-fourths of which was sufficient when used as a net single premium (as contemplated by sec. 7897, R. S. 1899) to provide temporary insurance for the time that intervened between lapse and death, and the question which we deem decisive of this appeal is whether the policy had such net value.
The defendant raised the question by demurring to the evidence at the close of the plaintiff’s case and again at the close of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Westerman v. Supreme Lodge Knights of PythiasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- State ex rel. Supreme Lodge Knights v. VandiverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Smith v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1905
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- State Insurance Commissioner v. Allstate InsuranceOregon Supreme Court · 1960
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