GUITTARD, Chief Justice.
In this appeal from a judgment allowing recovery on two fire insurance policies, the insurance companies contend that they should have a new trial because their counsel, through excusable inadvertence, was not prepared for trial, and therefore, was unable to present a meritorious defense.
When the case was called for trial on the day set, appellants' counsel failed to appear, but came to the court on a telephone call from opposing...
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