KOPKE v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.

No. 39,366

176 Kan. 451 (1954)

271 P.2d 279

JOSEPHINE KOPKE, Appellee, v. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 12, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude E. Chalfant, of Hutchinson, argued the cause, and Harold R. Branine and Fred C. Littooy, both of Hutchinson, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

J.D. Fair, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRICE, J.:

This is an action by the named beneficiary to recover on a group life insurance policy. Judgment was in favor of plaintiff, and defendant insurance company has appealed.

The evidence disclosed substantially the following facts:

In July 1943 defendant company issued its group life insurance policy covering employees of the Consolidated Flour Mills Company (hereinafter referred to as Consolidated...

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