State Ex Rel. Continental Insurance v. Becker

Original proceeding by certiorari. Relator alleges that the opinion of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, in the case of Weiss v. Continental Insurance Company, 61 S.W.2d 392, contravenes in certain respects controlling decision of this court in particular a ruling announced in the case of Noonan v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 21 Mo. 81.

The opinion of the Court of Appeals deals with a number of questions not involved in this proceeding and, therefore, we will embody herein only so much of the opinion of the Court of Appeals as will be necessary to an understanding of the issues before us.

Plaintiff,…