Beezley v. National Life and Accident Insurance Co.

Plaintiffs filed their petition in the Circuit Court of Jasper County against three defendants, videlicet, The National Life and Accident Insurance Company (National), Norma J. Espinosa (Norma), and Frank J. Espinosa (Frank). By their pleading, plaintiffs sought to have themselves declared to be the owners of two life insurance policies in the place of Norma and Frank and to require National to pay the cash surrender value of the policies to them. National filed a “Motion to Dismiss” the petition for its failure “to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.” Rule 55.33. 1 The motion was…