Successors of Homar, Colom & Co. v. British America Assurance Co.

Successors of Homar, Colom & Co., a mercantile partnership established in Ponce, and Domingo Carles, a merchant of the same city, filed three complaints in the District Court of Ponce ag’ainst the following fire insurance companies authorized to do business in Porto Pico: British America Assurance Co., North British & Mercantile Insurance Co., and The Western Assurance Co., for the amount of the insurance policies on the stock of goods of Domingo Carles which was destroyed by fire on Jnne 27, 1924, and had been insured by the defendant companies.

The insurance policies referred to in the…