Franklin Fire Ins. Co. v. Brewer

The appellee sued, in separate actions, the Franklin Fire Insurance Company and the Yorkshire Insurance Company on fire insurance policies issued by them on the same building. The two cases were consolidated and tried as one; the pleadings and the issues in each being identical. The appellee recovered a judgment against each of the defendants.

The policy issued by the Yorkshire Insurance Company limited the amount of recovery thereon to one thousand five hundred dollars, and that issued by the Franklin Fire Insurance Company limited the amount of recovery to two thousand dollars. After…