Mann v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

State Farm Mutual Insurance Company (hereafter defendant or insurer) appeals from a judgment entered for appellee Marvin Mann (the plaintiff below and hereafter designated as plaintiff) in the sum of *770$8,822.00 for breach of an insurance contract. In a companion case defendant applies fot a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial court from further proceedings on the issue of tortious breach until the appeal is decided. We consolidate these two actions for disposition of the original proceedings.

Before considering the question of our jurisdiction to hear the appeal, we review the pertinent…