Case Name: Mrs. J. C. PRUITT et al., Surviving Partners of Pruitt-Barrett Hardware Co., Appellants, v. HARDWARE MUT. FIRE INS. CO. OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Appellee; SAME v. MINNESOTA IMPLEMENT MUT. FIRE INS. CO., Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1940-05-29
Citations: 112 F.2d 574
Docket Number: Nos. 9346, 9347
Parties: Mrs. J. C. PRUITT et al., Surviving Partners of Pruitt-Barrett Hardware Co., Appellants, v. HARDWARE MUT. FIRE INS. CO. OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Appellee. SAME v. MINNESOTA IMPLEMENT MUT. FIRE INS. CO., Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 112
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
Mrs. J. C. PRUITT et al., Surviving Partners of Pruitt-Barrett Hardware Co., Appellants, v. HARDWARE MUT. FIRE INS. CO. OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Appellee. SAME v. MINNESOTA IMPLEMENT MUT. FIRE INS. CO., Appellee.
Nos. 9346, 9347.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 29, 1940.
B. D. Murphy, of Atlanta, Ga., and Joseph H. Blackshear, E. D. Kenyon, A. C. Wheeler, Chas. J. Thurmond, and Boyd Sloan, all of Gainesville, Ga., for appellants.
Grover Middlebrooks, of Atlanta, Ga., and G. Fred Kelley and Wm. P. Whelchel, both of Gainesville, Ga., for appellees.
Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The fire policies involved in the above stated cases covered the same Stock of merchandise as "that involved in Pruitt v. Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 5 Cir., 112 F.2d 140, this day decided. The cases are substantially alike. For the reasons stated in the opinion in the cited case the judgment in 'each is reversed and the case remanded with direction to the district court to pass upon the motion for new trial.
Reversed.