Supreme Court of Kansas February 11, 1928, No. 27,864 (Kansas City Life Insurance v. Wilkinson)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action to ascertain the lawful beneficiary of an insurance policy. *

On August 6, 1925, one Stanley R. Smith, a minor 17 years of age, applied for and received a life insurance policy for $1,000 issued by the plaintiff. The boy’s mother, Sadie Catherine Smith, was named as beneficiary.