American Central Ins. v. Harmon Knitting Mills, Inc.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Appellee brought this suit to recover a fire loss from appellants, fire insurance companies, who defended on the ground that a court of equity did not have jurisdiction of the cause and on the further ground that the liability was extinguished because of false and fraudulent proofs of loss, and on the ground that the damages allowed were excessive.

At the threshold we are confronted with the objection to the jurisdiction of the court.

There were eight outstanding insurance policies issued by eight different companies on the property destroyed or damaged by the fire. One…