Landis v. Home Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Si. Louis Circuit Court. I. The resolution of the directors and the notice in this case are in exact compliance with the “conditions of insurance.” The conditions say the directors may terminate the policy after notice given of intention to do so. The notice recites the resolution and says that from and after the receipt of that uotice, the policy is canceled. No length of time is required after notice and before cancellation.
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Appeal from Si. Louis Circuit Court. I. The resolution of the directors and the notice in this case are in exact compliance with the “conditions of insurance.” The conditions say the directors may terminate the policy after notice given of intention to do so. The notice recites the resolution and says that from and after the receipt of that uotice, the policy is canceled. No length of time is required after notice and before cancellation. (27 Upper Canada, 213, 217 and 153.) II. The action was not brought within the time required by the 10th section of the charter. It has been settled in this…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Judge
This was an action on a policy of insurance, issued by the defendant to plaintiff on the third day of April, 1857, insuring him in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars on a building in.the-city of .St. Joseph, in this State, for the term of six years. By the terms of the policy the plaintiff became a member of the company during the continuance of his policy. The -policy was in the usual form issued by companies on the mutual plan ; and the charter of the company enacted by the Legislature of Missouri in 1845, with amendments thereto, up to and including -the amendment of the 13th of- February…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Keim v. Home Mutual Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1867
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