Graves v. Merchants & Mechanics Mutual Fire Insurance

This suit was brought by respondent, as plaintiff below, to recover from appellant, as defendant, for services alleged to have been rendered by plaintiff to defendant. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for $500 in favor of plaintiff. After an unavailing motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.

Plaintiff’s amended petition was in two counts. The first count alleged that, on September 25, 1932, defendant carried fire insurance on the property of one William R. Rea & Sons in Bollinger County, Missouri, in the sum of $3,000; that on said date, while said…