Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. Mitchell

The appellee owned a truck and a trailer that were almost completely demolished in a collision in May of 1954. He contended that the appellant had insured the property, hut the appellant denied that a policy of insurance was in force upon either vehicle at the time of the collision. This action against the insurance company was filed in the latter part of 1954, but the case was not brought to trial until April, 1958. The jury’s verdict for the plaintiff was for slightly less than half of the sums sued for.

We are unable to agree with the appellant’s principal contention, that it was entitled…