Boulware v. Farmers' & Laborers' Co-Operative Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. John B. Hale, Special Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s interest in the property insured being encumbered by chattel mortgage and therefore not absolute, no liability attached to defendant under the conditions of the policy. The word “absolute” defined.
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Appeal from the Carroll Circuit Court. — Hon. John B. Hale, Special Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s interest in the property insured being encumbered by chattel mortgage and therefore not absolute, no liability attached to defendant under the conditions of the policy. The word “absolute” defined. Standard Dictionary: —Free from limitation, dependence or relation; not limited or restricted by any power or authority extraneous or otherwise; perfectly certain; free from liability to change; free from dependence upon anything else for existence or certainty; unqualified; unconditional; free from all…
1Opinion of the CourtGill, J.
Defendant has appealed from a judgment of $1,500 rendered against it by the court below on account of the destruction by fire of a threshing outfit belonging to plaintiff on which defendant had issued its policy of insurance in the sum of $1,800. The cause was tried by a special judge, sitting as jury, and no instructions were asked or given. The case will be treated in the order of defendant's brief.
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I. At the time the policy was applied for and issued, as well as at the date of the fire, there was á chattel mortgage covering the property given by…
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