Supreme Court of Missouri October 15, 1878 (Gantt v. American Central Insurance)

Hough, J.

It is urged by the defendant that the contract of July 18th, 1864, altered the relations of the reassured and re-insurers, as they existed under the policies of re-insurance, and irrevocably committed to the United States Insurance Company, the defense of the suit brought by Hening & Woodruff against it in the circuit court of the United States, and made said company a trustee as to the