Luthy v. Northwestern National Insurance

This is a suit on a fire insurance policy. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $850.85, together with $77 penalty and $250 attorney’s fee for vexatious refusal to pay. Defendant has appealed.

The facts show that defendant issued a fire insurance policy to plaintiff on January 23, 1923, in the sum of $1000 and insuring, against fire for a period of three years, her household goods and kitchen furniture while contained in the premises known as 18 West Fortieth Way, in Kansas City, Missouri. The facts further show that the property was removed from the premises…