Hughes v. Aetna Ins. Co.

261 S.W.2d 942 (1953)

HUGHES

v.

AETNA INS. CO.

No. 43356.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

September 14, 1953.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied November 9, 1953.

Byron A. Roche, St. Louis, for appellant, Charles E. Gray, St. Louis, of counsel.

Sievers, Reagan & Schwartz, St. Louis, for respondent.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court en Banc Denied November 9, 1953.

LEEDY, Presiding Judge.

Action by Homer Hughes to recover $15,000 actual and punitive damages for the alleged malicious prosecution of a civil suit against him by defendant, Aetna Insurance Company. At the close…