SHIPLEY v. COLUMBIA MUT. INS. CO.

Nos. 67517, 67032.

712 S.W.2d 375 (1986)

Walter Sam SHIPLEY a/k/a Sammy Shipley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent. Paul E. WARDEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COLUMBIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd E. Eaker, Clayton, for Warden.

Michael A. Turken, St. Charles, Cullen Cline, Columbia, for Shipley.

Jeffrey O. Parshall, Michael R. Baker, Columbia, for defendant-respondent.

Albert C. Lowes, Kathleen A. Wolz, Cape Girardeau, amicus curiae for Mo. Assn. of Mut. Ins. Cos.


HIGGINS, Chief Justice.

These appeals question applicability of the one-year statute of limitations contained in the former section 380.840, RSMo 1978, (repealed, Laws 1984, p. 665; effective January 1, 1985) to two policies of insurance issued by Columbia Mutual Insurance Company, a farmers' mutual insurance company. Underlying actions to enforce coverage for property loss caused by fire were dismissed on an application of section 380.480. Because appellants challenge...

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