Stokley v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION GRANTING JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANTS AND AGAINST PLAINTIFF

ELMO B. HUNTER, District Judge.

This is a diversity action which was originally commenced in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, to *19recover certain insurance proceeds under two policies issued by the defendant insurers. Plaintiff also seeks the recovery for alleged “vexatious delay” in the payment of such proceeds and for attorney -fees. The cause was subsequently removed to this Court by defendants’ petition for removal and was tried before the Court without jury. Jurisdiction is founded upon the…