St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Earnest

The appellees filed this suit in the district court of Lubbock county July 20, 1926, against appellant insurance company to recover on a policy of fire insurance issued in the sum of $2,500, covering a house described in the policy. Citation was issued upon the petition and served upon J. E. Murfee, the agent of appellant, on July 21, 1926, returnable to the next regular term of said court, to be held on the 16th day of August, 1926. The petition alleged that the house was destroyed by fire on March 18, 1926, and proof of loss duly made. Court convened on the third Monday of August, being the…