Roberts v. American National Assurance Co.

— This is an action upon a policy''* insurance on the life of Ralph Goodrich Smith. The *241policy was issued under date of December 3, 1913, insured being then a resident of Adair county, Missouri, By the terms of the insurance contract, defendant agreed that, upon the death of insured during the continuance of the policy, it would pay the sum of $2500 at its Home Office in St. Louis, Missouri, to the administrators, executors or assigns of the insured. To secure an indebtedness, Smith assigned the policy to one, Foreman, who in turn assigned it to John C. Mills who joins in the suit and…