State Ex Rel. Security Mutual Life Insurance v. Allen

Certiorari to St. Louis Court of Appeals. The case in the circuit court was entitled Myrtra M. Howell, plaintiff, v. Security Mutual Life Insurance Company, defendant, which was an action upon an insurance policy issued to James E. Howell of Troy, Missouri, in August, 1906, in which policy his wife Myrtra M. Howell was the beneficiary. The amount of the policy was $1000, and the annual premium was paid from 1906 up to and including the year 1912. The 1913 premium, or any subsequent premium was not paid. James E. Howell died July 12, 1919, and after due proof of death payment of the policy was…