RELIABLE LIFE INS. CO. v. SPURGEON

No. 53697.

763 S.W.2d 674 (1988)

The RELIABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Catherine SPURGEON, Defendant/Respondent, v. Stanley BROOKS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Delores Short, Defendant/Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied January 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Mayhugh, Flat River, for defendant/appellant.

Gary W. Wagner, Thomas L. Ray, Farmington, for defendant/respondent.


Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied January 11, 1989.

GRIMM, Judge.

This is a bench-tried interpleader action. The primary beneficiary of a life insurance policy on Delores Short murdered the insured. The Estate of Delores Short appeals from the trial court's judgment that the policy proceeds be paid to Catherine Spurgeon, the "contingent beneficiary," rather than to the estate.

The estate's sole contention is that the trial...

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