Anchor Casualty Company v. Bowers

GREENHILL, Justice.

This is a suit on three fire insurance policies to recover for damages caused by fire to the home and furnishings of J. E. Bowers. Generally, the Anchor Casualty Company defended on the grounds that (1) Bowers had not complied with the proof of loss provisions in the policies; (2) the household furnishings were not covered because no permits were issued for their removal from a previous location to the location of the fire; and (3) Bowers or some unknown accomplice set fire to the house. Judgment was entered for Bowers on the basis of jury findings that the house was a…