Higgins v. MFA Mutual Insurance Co.

KELLY, Presiding Judge.

This appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County awarding the plaintiff-respondent $20,000.00 aggregate damages in a declaratory judgment suit presents a case of first impression in Missouri, i. e., whether the enactment of § 379.-203 RSMo.1967 Supp., wrote into a policy of automobile liability insurance the uninsured motorist coverage therein mandated although the policy of automobile liability insurance had been issued prior to the effective date of the enactment of said statute and did not contain uninsured motorist coverage when issued. We hold…