Smith v. North British & Mercantile Insurance

This is an action on an insurance policy covering household goods. On trial before the court and a jury plaintiff recovered and defendant appealed.

The petition is in the usual form. The answer is a general denial, and a plea of non est factum. Defendant assigns error (1) on the refusal of its demurrer at the close of the case; (2) on the instructions, and (3) on the admission of evidence.

C. E. Dover, Joe Moore and M. G. Gresham were insurance agents in Sikeston, Scott county, Mo. In order to save expenses they employed one Clarence Scott as a clerk, and Scott kept the records and did the…