Porter v. German-American Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. H. H. Harding, Special Judge. (1) Compliance with, a condition in a policy of insurance requiring proofs of loss, is a condition precedent to a recovery under the policy, unless a waiver of it has been shown. Leigh v. F: & M. Co., 37 Mo. App. 547; Hanna v. Ins. Co., 36 Mo. App. 538; Norman v. Ins.- Co., 21 Mo. 81; Simms v. Ins. Co., 47 Mo. 64; Maddox v. Ins. Co., 56 Mo.
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Appeal from the Jasper Circuit Court. — Hon. H. H. Harding, Special Judge. (1) Compliance with, a condition in a policy of insurance requiring proofs of loss, is a condition precedent to a recovery under the policy, unless a waiver of it has been shown. Leigh v. F: & M. Co., 37 Mo. App. 547; Hanna v. Ins. Co., 36 Mo. App. 538; Norman v. Ins.- Co., 21 Mo. 81; Simms v. Ins. Co., 47 Mo. 64; Maddox v. Ins. Co., 56 Mo. App. 343-348; (2) The fact that an adjuster visited the place of fire and offered to settle the loss with the insured upon a certain basis, which offer was rejected by the insured,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This is an action on a fire insurance policy to recover for loss by fire of plaintiff’s' stock of merchandise. It is not controverted that the destruc*522tion of the property took place within the life of the policy.
The defense interposed is that of noncompliance by plaintiff with a .'condition in the policy, requiring him “in case of loss to give immediate notice thereof and render to the company a particular account of said loss, under oath, stating the time, origin and circumstances of the fire; the occupancy of the building insured, or containing the property insured at the time of the fire;…
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