State Ex Rel. Adams v. Allen.

Certiorari to quash an opinion of the Springfield Court of Appeals.

The action involved in this certiorari proceeding is a suit on a $5,000 insurance policy, but judgment was asked for only $3,000. The cause was tried by the Circuit Court of Scott County on an agreed statement of facts. Judgment went for plaintiff for $3,000 and defendant appealed to the Springfield Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals reversed the judgment and remanded the cause to the circuit court with directions to that court to enter judgment for plaintiff for $368.

The policy was issued on December 29, 1922, and was…