Williams & Manning v. Southern Mutual Insurance

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This was an action on a fire insurance policy for $2,000 covering the buildings, machinery and stock and material of the plaintiff company. The total insurance on the property amounted to $403,000, divided among twenty-seven companies. The sound value of the buildings was admitted to be $133,835.37, and the loss or damage to them $90,129.09. The parties could not agree as to the sound value of or loss or damage to (1). the machinery and equipmént, and (2) the stock and material.

Four main questions are raised by the appeal: (1) Should the court have submitted to the jury…