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COPPINGER COLOR LAB, INC. v. NIXON

698 S.W.2d 72 (1985)

COPPINGER COLOR LAB, INC., Majestic Color Studios, Inc., and Polykraft Corporation, and Florence M. Gordon, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gene M. NIXON, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott N. Brown, Jr., Steven F. Dobson, Chattanooga, for Corporate plaintiffs-appellees.

James F. Logan, Cleveland, for plaintiff Gordon.

W. Neil Thomas, Jr., Chattanooga, for defendant-appellant.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The defendant Nixon purchased the old Church of God Tabernacle building in Cleveland, Tennessee, for $55,000.00 and immediately obtained fire insurance in the amount of $300,000.00 on the same. The evidence indicates that five days later defendant Nixon hired Vance Dobbins and Bruce Dobbins to burn the building down in order that he could collect the fire insurance. Dobbins and Dobbins, the arsonists, were apprehended shortly after...

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