Northern Assurance Co. v. J. J. Newman Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Adams county. Hon. J. S. Hicks, Chancellor. Suit by J. J. Newman Lumber Company against the Northern Assurance Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Counsel on both sides filed elaborate briefs, too long* for publication.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Appellee began this action in the chancery court of Adams county against appellants, seven insurance companies, on policies written by them, to recover their pro-rata of the loss by fire of the lumber plant of appellee at Hattiesburg on the 17th day of March, 1908. The defense of the insurance companies is .that the policies were canceled before the fire, either by the insured, or by the mutual agreement of the insured and the insurers. In his finding of facts, the chancellor decreed that the policies had not been canceled before the fire, and that they were *690valid and binding at tbe time of…
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