Yorkshire Ins. Co., Ltd. v. Brewer

This is the second appeal in these cases, the decision in the former appeal being reported in Franklin Fire Ins. Co. v. Brewer, 159 So. 545. W. L. Brewer was the owner of a residence in Greenwood, Mississippi, and carried two policies of insurance, one in the Franklin Insurance Company, and the other in the Yorkshire Insurance Company. On the trial, the two cases were consolidated and tried together, the policies containing, substantially, the same provisions. On the remand of the cause to the court below the issue submitted to the jury was whether or not there was a total loss, or only a…