Security Printing Co. v. Connecticut Fire Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.— Ron. Frank Landwehr, Judge. (1) The agreement for appraisement entered into after the fire, appointing the appraisers, was a practical carrying into effect of the stipulations of the policy. It was not a submission to arbitration in the legal sense, but a just and reasonable mode of fixing the value of tbe injured goods before and after the fire. The persons selected acted as appraisers, and not as arbitrators.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.— Ron. Frank Landwehr, Judge. (1) The agreement for appraisement entered into after the fire, appointing the appraisers, was a practical carrying into effect of the stipulations of the policy. It was not a submission to arbitration in the legal sense, but a just and reasonable mode of fixing the value of tbe injured goods before and after the fire. The persons selected acted as appraisers, and not as arbitrators. Dworkin et al. v. Caledonian Insurance Co., 226 S. W. 846; Zallee v. The Laclede Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Co., 44 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, P. J.
This is an action on a policy of fire insurance issued to the plaintiff, a corporation, by the defendant insurance company on April 1, 1913, insuring personal property contained in a building used by plaintiff in the conduct of its printing business in the city of St. Louis against loss by fire in a sum not exceeding $2000. The policy was one of thirty-nine fire policies covering said property, issued to the plaintiff by various insurance companies, the total insurance aggregating the maximum sum of $100,000; and by the terms of the policy in suit the defendant is liable only for its pro rata…
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