Finnigan v. American National Insurance

This is a suit upon an insurance policy issued by the American National Insurance Company, a Texas Corporation duly licensed to do business in Missouri. The action originated with the filing of a statement in a Justice of the Peace Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, where the case was submitted upon a stipulation and an agreement statement of facts.

Upon judgment being rendered against defendant by the Justice, the case was appealed to the circuit court, where, a jury being waived, the case was tried de novo upon the same stipulation and agreed statement of facts which had been…