Abney v. Farmers Mutual Insurance

TITUS, Presiding Judge.

On October 2, 1977, plaintiff’s house was consumed by fire. He was then insured by defendant Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Sikeston, a farmers’ mutual insurance company organized and existing under §§ 380.479 et seq., RSMo 1969, which had its source in House Bill 249, Laws of Missouri, 1953. Plaintiff on August 15, 1979, filed in the Circuit Court of Phelps County his petition, predicated on defendant’s insurance policy, to recover various damages plaintiff allegedly incurred as a result of the conflagration and defendant’s conduct attending the fire loss claim.…