American Equitable Assurance Co. of New York v. Showers

Two suits were filed in tlie Jefferson circuit court, by H. C. Showers, the.,, first against American Equitable Assurance Company of New York and the second against New York Fire Insurance Company. The plaintiff held two policies of fire insurance, one issued by the. American. Equitable Assurance Company, in the sum of $1,000, and the other by the New York Fire Insurance Company, in the sum of. $5,500. Sometime .prior to the fire wh-ich destroyed the stock of merchandise and fixtures sued fory the plaintiff had suffered a small loss by-fire, amounting to $434.51, and this had been apportioned…