Hounihan v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Missouri

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

In this court tried case the Circuit Court of New Madrid County entered judgment for the plaintiff for the amount of a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant, together with statutory penalties for vexatious refusal to pay the loss. Defendant contends there was insufficient evidence for the court to find against its affirmative defense of material increase in hazard and it was error for the court to find it guilty of vexatious refusal to pay the fire loss. We affirm.

Initially, we must agree with plaintiff that defendant’s points relied on fail to measure up to the…