Nelms v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

PARROTT, P. J. (E. S.).

Robert Nelms brought this suit against his automobile insurance carrier, Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, to collect for the theft loss of a 1975 jeep. In accord with the jury’s verdict, judgment was entered in favor of Nelms for $4,795.00, the value of the jeep, $300.00 rental expense, and $1,198.75 bad faith penalty as provided by T.C.A. 56-1105.

From the action of the circuit judge in overruling defendant’s motion for new trial and entering judgment, Tennessee Farmers Mutual has appealed and assigned several errors.

In October 1976, Robert Nelms…