Meier v. Meier
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Barclay, J. Although the premiums were voluntarily paid by the defendant-, they were paid with the consent and knowledge of the beneficiary, who must account for the money so paid out to her use.— 2 Phill. on Ins., sects. 1909, 1911 ; Spring v. Insurance Oo., 8 Wheat. 268 ; Moody v. Webster, 3 Pick. 424; Connecticut Insurance Co. v. Burroughs, 34 Conn. 305. Having accepted the proceeds of the defendant’s acts, the beneficiary is…
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Barclay, J. Although the premiums were voluntarily paid by the defendant-, they were paid with the consent and knowledge of the beneficiary, who must account for the money so paid out to her use.— 2 Phill. on Ins., sects. 1909, 1911 ; Spring v. Insurance Oo., 8 Wheat. 268 ; Moody v. Webster, 3 Pick. 424; Connecticut Insurance Co. v. Burroughs, 34 Conn. 305. Having accepted the proceeds of the defendant’s acts, the beneficiary is liable for disbursements made to secure the benefits of those acts. — Reed v. Hibbard, 6 Wis. 175; Mundorf v. Wickersham, 63…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
Plaintiff alleges iu her petition that defendant, as her agent, collected for her from the New York Life Insurance Company §3,000, which he refuses to pay to her.
Defendant, after a general denial, specially denies that he collected the sum named as agent of plaintiff. For a further answer defendant says, that the firm of Adolphus Meier & Co., of which defendant is a member, received from plaintiff a check of the New York Life Insurance Company, to her order and by her indorsed, which check represented the proceeds of a policy on the life of her husband ; that the firm collected $2,837.58, the…
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