Lucas v. Lamb

This case grows out of insurance litigation which has engaged the attention of courts of this State for nearly twenty years. There are two branches of this litigation commonly known as the 10 per cent cases and the 16% per cent cases. The instant case was brought in the circuit court of Osage County by the present Superintendent of Insurance to recover the sum of $14,510, paid to defendant under orders of the circuit court of Cole County in one of the 10 per cent cases. Judgment was for defendant and plaintiff has appealed.

The facts are not disputed and, in brief, are as follows: in 1922 the…