Anderson v. Missouri Benefit Ass'n

This is a suit on an insurance policy in the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars, issued by defendant on April 6, 1910, insuring the life of George Anderson in favor of plaintiff. The policy provided that if the insured committed suicide the amount that was to be paid to his beneficiary was fifty ($50) dollars. On Januáry 20, 1910, the insured committed suicide by shooting himself.

Defendant claims that as it is a domestic assessment company it is not bound by a provision of the general insurance laws providing that suicide shall not be a defense in an action upon a life insurance policy.…