SOUTHERN GAS CORPORATION v. BROOKS


359 S.W.2d 570 (1961)

SOUTHERN GAS CORPORATION of Tennessee, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. L.T. BROOKS et al., Trustees of Mt. Pleasant C.M.E. Church, Defendants-in-Error.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Certiorari Denied September 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waldrop & Hall, Hewitt P. Tomlin, Jr., Jackson, for plaintiff-in-error.

Schneider, Schneider & Harris, Jackson, for defendants-in-error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court September 6, 1961.

CARNEY, Judge.

The plaintiffs below, L.T. Brooks, Hamp Brooks, George Brooks, Willie Meachem, Albert Davis, Booker T. Hunt and Guy Brooks, as trustees of the Mt. Pleasant Colored Methodist Episcopal Church recovered a judgment of $9,000 against the defendant, Southern Gas Corporation, for the destruction by fire of the church building and contents. $7,500 represented the value of the building and $1,500...

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