State v. Daues
Decision Date | 22 December 1925 |
Docket Number | No. 26472.,26472. |
Citation | 278 S.W. 735 |
Parties | STATE ex rel. SHOEMAKER v. DAUES el al., Judges. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Certiorari to St. Louis Court of Appeals.
Certiorari by the State, on the relation of Mary C. Shoemaker, against Charles H. Daues and two others, as Judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, to review judgment of that court. Writ quashed.
J. D. Wilson, of Nokomis, Ill., and F. H. Bacon, of St. Louis, for relator.
Jones, Hocker, Sullivan & Angert, of St. Louis, for respondents.
On the application of the relator, a writ of certiorari was issued to review the judgment of the St. Louis Court of Appeals reversing the judgment of the trial court in an action by relator upon a policy issued by the Central Business Men's Association, an Illinois corporation, insuring the life of her husband, in which action the plaintiff recovered the full amount of the policy. The policy insured Dr. Samuel E. Shoemaker "against loss resulting from bodily injuries effected, directly or independently of all other causes, through accidental means (suicide, sane or insane, is not covered) as specified in the following schedule: * * * For loss of life, $5,000."
This is an Illinois contract. Dr. Shoemaker was a patient in a hospital in Springfield, Ill., and died on October 11, 1919, as the result of self-inflicted injuries. The opinion recites:
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