Bowers v. Missouri Mutual Ass'n

Suit brought by the beneficiary upon a contract of insurance issued by the defendant, a domestic corporation. Plaintiff recovered judgment for the face of the policy or certificate, $1000, and $20 interest, a total of $1020. Defendant appealed to the Springfield Court of Appeals. That court affirmed the judgment in an opinion reported in 52 S.W.2d 599, but deeming its opinion in conflict with that of the St. Louis Court of Appeals in Reed v. Missouri Mutual Association, 5 S.W.2d 675, certified the case to this court.

It seems to be conceded that defendant corporation was organized under the…