Leach v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one to recover on a certificate of life insurance issued under what is known as the group insurance plan. Plaintiff prevailed and defendant appeals.

On May 7, 1923, the Kansas City Southern Railway Company made application to defendant for a group policy of insurance on the lives of its employees. The application was granted and such a policy issued May 8, 1923. Thereafter, and on April 19, 1924, the defendant issued its individual policy of insurance to plaintiff’s *586husband, since deceased, in the sum of $1,000. Previous to…