Renshaw v. Missouri State Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from 81. Louis (My Gircuit Court. — Hon. L. B. V allí ant, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to instruct that the plaintiff had failed to make out a prima facie case of loss by fire. 2 Wood on Fire Ins., p. 1206 ; 2 Greenl. on Ev., sec. 405. (2) If from any cause, outside of the peril insured against, a building falls in pieces, or so much so that it ceases to be a building, and afterwards a fire breaks out and destroys the materials, the loss is not one under…
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Appeal from 81. Louis (My Gircuit Court. — Hon. L. B. V allí ant, Judge. (1) The court erred in refusing to instruct that the plaintiff had failed to make out a prima facie case of loss by fire. 2 Wood on Fire Ins., p. 1206 ; 2 Greenl. on Ev., sec. 405. (2) If from any cause, outside of the peril insured against, a building falls in pieces, or so much so that it ceases to be a building, and afterwards a fire breaks out and destroys the materials, the loss is not one under the policy. 1 Wood on Fire Ins. [2 Ed. j p. 193; Nave v. Lis. Co., 37 Mo. 430. (3) The terms of the policy must be…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
This was an action on a policy of insurance, as follows: “Missouri State Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of St. Louis, by this policy of insurance, in consideration of $37.50, do insure William Renshaw and legal representatives in the sum of $5,000, from August 17, 1887, to August 17, 1892, at twelve o: clock, noon, against loss or damage by fire on four brick buildings, $1,250 on each, situated in *600St. Louis, on the west side of Fourteenth street, between Market street and Clark avenue, block number 209 E., house numbers 7, 9, 11 and 13. Privilege given to finish. 1887, September…
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