Jones v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court of Jasper County. — Hon. Grant Emerson, Judge. This is an industrial policy and is for death benefits, as shown by the terms thereof, and as defined by our laws (See R. S. 1919, section 6200), and was not an accident policy and no liability created in the event of an accident. 1 Joyce on Insurance (2 Ed.) page 86; Metropolitan Insurance Company v. Hardson, 208 Mass. 386, 94 N. E. 477. No liability attached on account of the accident and the policy…
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Appeal from Circuit Court of Jasper County. — Hon. Grant Emerson, Judge. This is an industrial policy and is for death benefits, as shown by the terms thereof, and as defined by our laws (See R. S. 1919, section 6200), and was not an accident policy and no liability created in the event of an accident. 1 Joyce on Insurance (2 Ed.) page 86; Metropolitan Insurance Company v. Hardson, 208 Mass. 386, 94 N. E. 477. No liability attached on account of the accident and the policy being void at the time of tin death, no liability could attach. In other words, if Lee Jones had not died, and his policy…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
— The plaintiff in this suit recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Jasper county, on an insurance policy issued by the defendant in the sum of $165, and it is from the judgment thus rendered that defendant brings its appeal here.
Statement op the Case — As the cause was tried in the circuit court on the pleadings and a stipulation of facts, the question to be decided can best be understood by setting forth the pleadings, the stipulation of facts, and the portions of the policy which are material to the question. The petition is as follows:
“Plaintiff states that on the 3rd day of March,…
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