WILLIAMS v. CAMBRIDGE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

No. 15624.

230 F.2d 293 (1956)

Mrs. Jewell WILLIAMS (now Mrs. Jewell Williams Evans), Appellant, v. CAMBRIDGE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY and Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil Stone, Oxford, Miss., Joe T. Patterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., James Stone & Sons, Oxford, Miss., for appellant.

Thos. H. Watkins, Jackson, Miss., Chester L. Sumners, Oxford, Miss., P. H. Eager, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for appellees.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit on two insurance policies for fire damage to the appellant's cafedwelling in Calhoun City, Mississippi. The trial court found that the appellant herself intentionally burned the building or procured its destruction, and granted judgment for the appellee insurance companies. She assigns as error on appeal both this finding of fact by the court, sitting without a jury, and the refusal of the trial court to exclude evidence tending...

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