80 Mo. App. 18 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1899
The petition alleged, in substance, that the- defendant is a fire insurance company organized under the general insurance laws of this state; that on July 27, 1897, defendant insured plaintiffs dwelling house situated in the village- of Stoutland, Laclede county, against loss by fire for a term of six years in consideration of $36, then and there paid by plaintiffs and received by défendant; that on the thirty-first day of December, 1897, the building being still the property of plaintiffs and so insured, was wholly destroyed by fire, of which plaintiffs immediately gave written notice to defendant, and thereafter, and within the time provided for by the policy, made out written proofs of loss and forwarded the same to defendant at its home office in the city of St. Louis; that defendant refused to pay the loss after the same became due and payable, and judgment was prayed for the amount of the insurance.