Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Missouri v. Minton

V, C. ROSE, Special Judge.

Plaintiff below, appellant here, sued defendant below, respondent here, for an alleged assessment, penalties and interest of $200.85 made under a policy of hail insurance issued by plaintiff to defendant together with attorney’s fees, and suffering an adverse judgment in due course appealed to this Court. For convenience the parties will hereafter be referred to as plaintiff and defendant.

There is little dispute about the facts. Defendant for many years a practicing physician in St. Joseph, Missouri, owned a farm in Holt County. On a visit to the farm in 1943 a Mr.…