HUTCHINSON v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.

No. 45003.

293 S.W.2d 307 (1956)

Helen HUTCHINSON and J. Carl Fogle, Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri. Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied September 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Cochrane, Jr., C. W. Crossan, Kansas City, Robert D. Johnson, Marshall, for appellants.

Henry G. Eager, Kansas City, William T. Bellamy, Jr., Marshall, for respondent, William T. Stuchell, Jr., New York City, Blackmar, Swanson, Midgley, Jones & Eager, Kansas City, of counsel.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied September 10, 1956.

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Helen Hutchinson, widow of Newton H. Hutchinson, deceased, joined with her assignee, one J. Carl Fogle, sued defendant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to recover the sum of $15,000, plus the further sum of $2,500 for attorneys' fees and vexatious refusal to pay, claimed to be due her as beneficiary under a contract of life insurance...

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