WILLIS v. AMERICAN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 7426.

287 S.W.2d 98 (1956)

Beulah WILLIS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. AMERICAN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Springfield Court of Appeals. Missouri.

January 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Blanchard, Joplin, Dibrell, Dibrell & Greer, Galveston, Tex., and Seiler, Blanchard & Van Fleet, Joplin, of counsel, for defendant-appellant.

Coyne & Patten, Joplin, for plaintiff-respondent.


RUARK, Judge.

This is a suit which concerns the right of an insured to collect attorney's fees by reason of vexatious delay. Plaintiff, now respondent, secured a verdict for $2,294.27 on the policy and $764.76 attorney's fees, which last amount was reduced by remittitur to $700.

Prior to April 27, 1954, plaintiff held a policy of insurance (face amount $2,294) with defendant on the life of her son, Billy Ray Willis. The policy contained a provision that suicide...

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