CHARLES STORES, INC. v. AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 72-1787.

490 F.2d 64 (1974)

The CHARLES STORES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. The CHARLES STORES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. DeLong, Jr., Greenville, Miss., Thomas H. Watkins, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Joseph S. Mead, Birmingham, Ala., Philip Mansour, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, BELL and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

On the first appeal in this suit over the proceeds of fire insurance policies on a Mississippi building we reversed a jury verdict for the insurers because evidence that the insurers had waived policy defenses was erroneously excluded. 428 F.2d 989 (CA5, 1970). Following a second jury trial the court entered judgment for the insured in the amount of $199,572.82 based on the jury's answers to special interrogatories...

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