Frey v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How., Leo . 8. Bassieur, Judge. Tlie court erred in refusing to give defendant’s demurrer at the close of plaintiff’s case because: (a) There was evidence of a bona-fide dispute as to the validity of the policy and there was no evidence of any fraud, deception, false representation or over-reaching on the part of the defendant company in effecting the compromise and settlement with plaintiff, made after she demanded payment of the…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How., Leo . 8. Bassieur, Judge. Tlie court erred in refusing to give defendant’s demurrer at the close of plaintiff’s case because: (a) There was evidence of a bona-fide dispute as to the validity of the policy and there was no evidence of any fraud, deception, false representation or over-reaching on the part of the defendant company in effecting the compromise and settlement with plaintiff, made after she demanded payment of the policy. Dodt v. Prudential Insurance Co., 171 S. W. 655; Harms v. Casualty Co., 172 Mo. App. 241; Biddlecom v. General…
1Opinion of the CourtReynolds, P. J.
Plaintiff, respondent here, instituted her action before a justice of the peace, claiming that she was the widow of Federick J. Frey 'and the beneficiary in a policy issued by defendant on the life of her husband, who died April 19,. 1911, the policy issued May 20, 1908, and being written for $250, payable on the death of the insured, provided he kept up the payments of twenty cents a week during his life. Averring that her husband had performed all conditions of the policy to be performed, and that soon after his death plaintiff notified defendant thereof and made and furnished defendant…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dodt v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Boehm v. American PatriotsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Painter v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1934