WEEMS v. AMERICAN SEC. INS. CO.

No. 54792.

450 So.2d 431 (1984)

Margaret C. WEEMS, Appellant, v. AMERICAN SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Johnson, Clinton, for appellant.

David M. Sessums, Varner, Parker & Sessums, Vicksburg, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and HAWKINS and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This civil action has been brought by a mortgagee following a fire loss of the mortgaged and insured premises. The insurance company defended charging that there had been a material change of ownership or occupancy or a material increase of hazard, that the mortgagee had knowledge of these facts, and that the mortgagee failed timely to give notice of same.

A jury of the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi...

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