Continental Ins. Co. of New York v. Johnson

HARVEY, Justice.

Freeman Johnson and wife sued the Continental Insurance Company of New York, the Reliance Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and the Piedmont Insurance Company of Hartford on insurance policies issued by said companies covering a residence in Henderson, Texas, owned by Johnson and wife, which was destroyed by fire on May 22, 1947. At the close of the testimony in the case the court instructed the jury to return a verdict for the plaintiffs against the defendants in the aggregate sum of $5,000, from which action of the court the defendants have prosecuted their appeal to this…