Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Smith

Appellee instituted -this action against appellant in the circuit court of Boone County to recover $1,000 upon a policy of accident insurance issued by appellant to' her husband, Bean Y. Smith, by the terms of which appellant agreed to pay appellee said sum in case her husband should die from accidental means during the life of the policy. It was alleged in the complaint that, on the 22d day of December, 1922, during the life of the policy, the insured sustained, by accidental means, a sprain to his ankle, which resulted in his death on the 5th day of February, 1923; that the beneficiary had…