Shipley v. Columbia Mutual Insurance Co.

HIGGINS, Chief Justice.

These appeals question applicability of the one-year statute of limitations contained in the former section 380.840, RSMo 1978, (repealed, Laws 1984, p. 665; effective January 1, 1985) to two policies of insurance issued by Columbia Mutual Insurance Company, a farmers’ mutual insurance company. Underlying actions to enforce coverage for property loss caused by fire were dismissed on an application of section 380.480. Because appellants challenge the validity of section 380.840, this Court has jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. Reversed and remanded.

On May 1, 1981,…