McNeill v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

* NOTE: Opinion filed at September Term, 1934, March 30, 1935; motion for rehearing filed; motion overruled at May Term, May 7, 1935. Respondent, Minnie McNeill, on January 24, 1928, was injured while a guest at the Marquette Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. She obtained a judgment for her injuries against the hotel company in the sum of $7,500. Subsequently, in an effort to collect her judgment she instituted garnishment proceedings against appellant in this case, Fidelity Casualty Company of New York. This company defended on the theory that its public liability policy, issued September 26,…