Green v. Lancashire Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. James T. Neville, Judge. The petition in this case is insufficient for failure to state the value of the goods destroyed, or that the same was of any value. Story v. Ins. Co., 61 Mo. App. 534. The property insured not being real estate, the valued policy law of the state has no application. R. 8. 1889, sec. 5898.
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
The defendant insured the household goods of the plaintiff in the sum of $600. All of the property was burned except a sewing machine. The petition is in the usual form, except that it fails to *430allege the value of the goods. The answer is a general denial. There was a verdict for the plaintiff for $560.10 and judgment was entered thereon. The defendant appeals and assigns for error the insufficiency of the petition and evidence, and that the instruction which the court gave at the instance of the plaintiff is erroneous.
Fire insurance: sufficiency of petition. At the commencement of the trial…
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