McNabb v. National Liberty Insurance Co. of America

CAVE, J.,

-This is an action upon a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant to the plaintiffs. A jury -was waived and the case was tried to the court, which resulted in a judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appealed.

The petition alleges that defendant is a non-resident corporation authorized to write fire insurance on property in the state of Missouri, and that it had a duly authorized agent in Linn County, Missouri, to write, issue and deliver fire insurance policies, with authority to countersign the same, and that such agent had an office in said Linn County.

On the return day the…