Scottish Union & National Ins. v. Skaggs
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Suit hy W. Fred Skaggs against the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The subject of the controversy in this law suit was submitted to competent appraisers, who made a valid award, and both parties are bound by it.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Jones county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. Suit hy W. Fred Skaggs against the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The subject of the controversy in this law suit was submitted to competent appraisers, who made a valid award, and both parties are bound by it. No question of fraud in the agreement to submit to appraisers, or in the appraisement or in the finding of the appraisers enters into the controversy. It is just a plain case of one of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
W. Fred Skaggs,, brought suit against the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company on a policy issued March 3, 1913, on household furniture and effects, the policy covering a period of three years from its date. In January, 1915, a fire burned the house occupied by the plaintiff, and a portion of the furniture was destroyed or damaged. The plaintiff sued for four hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents, suit being based upon the policy, which was attached to the declaration. The defendant pleaded on arbitration and award, in which plea it was alleged that, after the loss-plaintiff…
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