State Ex Rel. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Allen

This is an application in certiorari asking this court .to quash the record of the St. Llouis Court of Appeals in the case of Hattie Simpson, plaintiff, v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, defendant, in which, after a trial to a jury, a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant on an insurance policy issued by the defendant on the life of the plaintiff’s husband. This judgment was reversed and remanded by the Court of Appeals. The validity of the Court of Appeals’ ruling is assailed on the ground of an alleged conflict of same with decisions of the Supreme Court.

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