Was there "sufficient evidence" within the meaning of that phrase as used in Section 471.040, which will support a finding that Mrs. Webster survived her husband? In construing the same term as employed in Sections 471.010 and 471.030 of the Simultaneous Death Act the Supreme Court in Schmitt v. Pierce, Mo., 344 S.W.2d 120, 123, equated the word "sufficient" with that of "substantial" and quoted with approval the definition of substantial evidence stated in Walter v. Alt, 348 Mo. 53, 152 S.W.2d 135, 141, as follows: "* * `Substantial evidence is evidence from which the triers of the fact reasonably could find the issue in harmony therewith.' * * *" The court cited Taylor v. Cawood, Mo., 211 S.W. 47, where the evidence of survivorship was considered "substantial" and Warren v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn., 202 Mo.App. 1, 213 S.W. 527, 530, where survivorship was established "* * * according to a preponderance of the testimony and reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom" and concluded its discussion with the statement (344 S.W.2d p. 123) that: "* * * Our early rulings on sufficient evidence of survivorship are in accord with rulings in other states under the Act.
Walter v. Alt, 348 Mo. 53, 152 S.W.2d 135, 141[4], states: "'Substantial evidence is evidence from which the triers of the fact reasonably could find the issue in harmony therewith.'" In Warren v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 202 Mo.App. 1, 213 S.W. 527, 530, survivorship was established "according to a preponderance of the testimony and reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom." We are not unmindful of statements in State ex rel. Sterling v. Shain, 344 Mo. 891, 129 S.W.2d 1048, 1051[7, 10], and Terminal R. R. Ass'n of St. Louis v. Schmidt, 349 Mo. 890, 163 S.W.2d 772, 774[1], cases involving different factual situations and legal principles.