Hope Mutual Insurance v. Flynn

The plaintiff in error on the 21st day of September, 1860, issued and delivered to the defendant ih error a policy of insurance for two thousand dollars on his house and furniture in Audrain county, Missouri, for the period of six years. Under a provision of the policy, the plaintiff in error cancel-led the same on the-day of-, 1863, and demanded payment of the premium which was claimed to be due up to that date. On the 26th day of January, 1864, an act was passed by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri by way of amendment to the charter of plaintiff in error, which act, among other…