Commercial Union Insurance Co. of New York v. Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of St. Louis County
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
WEIER, Commissioner.
May one insurer, who paid a larger proportion of its coverage on a fire policy with a pro rata clause than it would have had to, recover by contribution from another insurer who also had a fire policy with a pro rata clause covering the same risk and the same insured, and who had no knowledge of the loss or payment until just before the demand for contribution? This is the issue presented by a unique set of facts which in the lower court produced a judgment against contribution, and which we now affirm.
Defendant, The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of St. Louis…
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