Wolff v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit .Court. cited: Harper v. Insurance Go., 18 Mo. Ill; 19 Mo. 509 ; Overton v. Insur■anee Go., 39 Mo. 125 ; Young v. Insurance Go., 4Big. Life Ins. Cas. 5; Georgia, etc., Insurance Go. v. Kinnear, 5 -Cent. L. J. 127 ; Broom’s Leg. Max. 588, 593. cited: Bigelow v. Insurance Go., 3 Otto, 284; Insurance Go. v. Leaver, Wall. 531; Pavey v. Burch, 3 Mo. 447 ; Hovey v. Pitchen, 13 Mo. 191; Pitchen v. Hovey, 16 Mo. 436; Insurance Co. v. Tweed, 7 Wall. 44.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This is an action on a policy of insurance issued on the life of Waldroth Wolff. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant; and plaintiffs appeal. The answer admits the material allegations of the petition, and sets up, by way of defence, that the policy contains a condition that it is to be void if the assured die in consequence of the violation of law, and says that the assured was killed by one Fritz Kahli, in self-defence, whilst the assured was committing an unlawful assault on Kahli. This is denied by the replication.
The clause in the policy containing the condition is texttually…
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