McCollum v. Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance

This is an action on a policy insuring the plaintiff’s building for $2,000. The building was burned during the life of the policy. It is a part of .the same loss referred to in McCollum v. Niagara Insurance Company, 61 Mo. App. 352, and McCollum v. The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, 65 Mo. App. 304. The facts in all the cases are somewhat similar. Two defenses were interposed to the present action: First, that the plaintiff failed to make proofs of loss as required by the policy; secondly, that the policy was rendered void by overinsurance. The cause was submitted to the…