Hanover Insurance Company v. Sonfield

WERLEIN, Justice.

Appellee, Richard H. Sonfield, brought this suit against appellant to recover under a yacht policy issued by appellant damages to a boat which appellee alleged was severely damaged when it fell off of his trailer while it was being hauled by him from Austin to Houston. From the court’s judgment rendered against it, appellant has appealed on the ground that the circumstances of the accident were not risks insured against in the policy, and the trial court’s findings of fact do not support the court’s judgment.

In its findings of fact, the court found, among other things, that…