Employer's Liability Assurance Corp. v. Mid-State Homes, Inc.

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

Mid-State Homes, Inc. filed suit against Etheene Peterson in the Lafayette County Chancery Court to foreclose a mortgage on a house previously damaged by fire. The Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd. intervened and paid $2,-647.04 into the registry of the court as the total amount it owed under a fire insurance policy issued to Etheene Peterson.

This is an appeal by The Employer’s Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., hereinafter called “Employer’s”, from a decree in favor of Etheene Peterson for the amount of $7,100 plus statutory penalties and attorney’s…