Sun Mutual Insurance v. Roberts, Willis & Taylor Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Application for writ of error to Court of Civil Appeals for Fourth District in an appeal from Grayson County. The suits were brought by Roberts, Willis & Taylor Co. and Cullers & Henry against the insurance companies to recover on two policies of fire insurance. Defendants had judgment in the District Court, and the judgment being reversed on appeal, applied for writ of error,
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Two separate suits were filed in the District Court—one being styled, Roberts, Willis & Taylor Company against The Sun Mutual Insurance Company, and the other, the same plaintiffs agáinst the Lancashire Insurance Company. The suits were upon different policies of insurance issued by each of the companies. The cases were both tried at the same time, and for the purposes of appeal were consolidated after trial—that is, one statement of facts was made ont and it was agreed that both cases should be tried by the Court of Civil Appeals upon the one transcript.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
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