Wallingford v. Home Mutual Fire & Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The facts in this case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. At the instance of the plaintiffs the court gave the jury the following instruction : “ 1. If the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiffs applied to the defendant for insurance on the property and for the sum set forth in the petition, and at the time executed their promissory note in blank to be filled up and retained by defendant for such sum of…
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The facts in this case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. At the instance of the plaintiffs the court gave the jury the following instruction : “ 1. If the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiffs applied to the defendant for insurance on the property and for the sum set forth in the petition, and at the time executed their promissory note in blank to be filled up and retained by defendant for such sum of money as the said defendant should fix as the premium upon the insurance applied for; that the said defendant accepted said…
1Opinion of the CourtEwing, Judge
This was an action on a policy of insurance. The respondents were doing business in the city of Weston, Mo., in the firm name of Wallingford & Newman. The appellant was a Mutual Insurance Company, holding a charter from this state, and located and doing business in St. Louis.
By the eighth section of the charter it is declared that every person becoming a member of the company by effecting insurance therein shall, before he receives his policy, deposit his promissory note for such sum as shall be determined by the directors; apart, not exceeding ten percent., of said note shall be immediately…
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