HARTFORD FI CO. v. Producer's Gin of Hernando, Inc.

326 So.2d 807 (1976)

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

v.

PRODUCER'S GIN OF HERNANDO, INC.

No. 48501.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 24, 1976.

Watkins & Eager, James L. Carroll, Jackson, for appellants.

Walker, Franks, Rone, Bridgforth & Woods, Hernando, for appellees.

Before PATTERSON, ROBERTSON and BROOM, JJ.

BROOM, Justice:

Producer's Gin of Hernando, Inc., plaintiff (bailee), filed suit in the Circuit Court of DeSoto County to collect the market value of cotton destroyed by fire and insured under four policies of fire insurance issued by Hartford Fire Insurance Company, The Home…