Legal Opinion

Lafont v. Home Insurance

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 9, 1916PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from New Madrid County Circuit Court.— Hon. Sterling H. McCarty, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtRobertson, P. J.

This is an action upon a fire insurance policy wherein plaintiff claims the *545amount due Mm to be $3600, with interest, and in which a jury returned a verdict for $3640, principal and interest and found that tbe defendant bad vexatiously refused to pay for tbe loss and assessed bis damages at $360 and a $300 attorney’s fee, making a total of $4300. Judgment was entered upon the verdict and tbe defendant has appealed. Tbe policy is for $4000 and was issued in consideration of a premium then paid of $18 and an installment note of $72 payable $18 on February 1 of each year thereafter until paid.…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Combs v. Hannibal Savings & InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  2. Franklin v. Atlantic Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1868
  3. Patterson v. American InsuranceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913
  4. Parsons v. Knoxville Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  5. Trabue v. Dwelling House InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. DeLisle v. Cape Mutual Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Boenzle v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1953
  3. North British & Mercantile Ins. Co. v. SciandraSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  4. Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company v. Stanley C. Edmister and Dorothy Mae EdmisterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  5. Evens v. Home Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1935

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