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BROOKS v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

No. KCD 26606.

515 S.W.2d 821 (1974)

Irva Joanne BROOKS (Gregory), Appellant, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

November 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert R. Titus and Gary R. Titus, Independence, for appellant.

James W. Benjamin and John C. Cozad, Kansas City, for respondent; Rogers, Field, Gentry, Benjamin & Robertson, Kansas City, of counsel.

Before DIXON, C. J., and SHANGLER, PRITCHARD, WASSERSTROM, SWOFFORD, SOMERVILLE and TURNAGE, JJ.

PRITCHARD, Judge.

This is an action by appellant to recover, as beneficiary, on a $20,000.00 accidental death policy issued by respondent on November 1, 1969. Robert L. Brooks was the named insured. On January 24, 1971, he died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. The policy contained this exclusion: "The insurance under this part shall not cover any loss . . . (3) resulting from suicide or any attempt thereat (sane) . . ." At the trial the sole...

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