Wilkins v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

— On appeal from a judgment .for plaintiff in the circuit court, this cause was heard and determined by the St. Louis Court of Appeals. An opinion was adopted by a majority of the judges of that court [159 S. W. (2d) 354] but, upon the request of one dissenting- judge, tbe case has been transferred to this court and we rehear and determine it as in case of jurisdiction obtained by ordinary appellate process. (Mo. Const., sec. 6 of 1884 amendment to Art. VI.)

The suit is to recover accidental death benefits under two policies of insurance on the life of William Cooper, who died on August 1,…