Newell v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

Decision Date09 July 1919
Docket NumberNo. 19806.,19806.
CourtMissouri Supreme Court
PartiesNEWELL v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK.

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; Thomas L. Anderson, Judge.

Action by James P. Newell, administrator of the estate of Ed. T. Bergmann, against the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded.

Jones, Rocker, Sullivan & Angert, of St. Louis, for appellant.

Fauntleroy, Cullen & Hay, of St. Louis, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This case is a companion case to that of Maggie Scales, Respondent, v. National Life & Accident Insurance Company, Appellant, No. 19888, reported in 212 S. W. 8, which was reversed and remanded, with directions, by the court in banc, for the reasons given in its opinion in the case of Brunswick v. Standard Accident Insurance Company, No. 19764, 213 S. W. 45. This case is therefore reversed and remanded, with directions to proceed in accordance with the principles stated in the case of Scales v. National Life Insurance Company, supra, and Brunswick v. Standard Accident Insurance Company, supra, as applicable to the particular policy in suit in this case.

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