Aetna Ins. Co. v. O'malley.

This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri, allowing the respondents a fee out of the funds of" the restitution proceedings, growing out of what are commonly known as the ten per cent fire insurance rate reduction cases.

As these cases have been before this court on several occasions, a brief statement of their history will be sufficient. On October 9, 1922, the Superintendent of Insurance ordered a reduction of ten per cent in rates in this State on all classes of fire, lightning, hail and windstorm insurance effective November 15, 1922. Approximately 155…