SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. JACKSON

No. 17180.

318 F.2d 846 (1963)

SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Helen M. JACKSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Granville L. Gamblin, Clayton, Mo., for appellant; Ralph M. Lake, Clayton, Mo., with him on the brief.

Edward D. Weakley, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Boyle, Priest, Elliott & Weakley, Howard Elliott and F. G. Armstrong, St. Louis, Mo., with him on the brief.

Before VOGEL, VAN OOSTERHOUT and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company, from a judgment rendered against it based upon a jury verdict on a policy of life insurance it issued upon the life of Louis L. Jackson in which the plaintiff, Helen M. Jackson, is beneficiary. Jurisdiction, based upon diversity of citizenship, is established.

Plaintiff, in paragraph 2 of her complaint, alleges:

"On the 29th day of August, 1957...

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