Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Triplett
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, McCulloch. County; J. O. Woodward, Judge. Action by J. Q. Triplett against the Hartford Eire Insurance Company and the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Hé Railway Company, with action over by Insurance Company against Railway. Judgment for plaintiff on instructed verdict against Insurance Company, and judgment for Railway as to both plaintiff and eodefendant, and the Insurance Company brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
J. Q. Triplett filed this suit against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the Gulf, Colorado Sante Fé Railway Company, seeking to recover the value of 30 bales of cotton alleged to have been destroyed while on the platform of the railway company at a station called Pasche, in Concho county, The insurance company answered by general demurrer, special exceptions, and general denial, and specifically averred that the policy issued by it and sued upon by the plaintiff did not cover nor include the cotton in question. It further alleged that at the time the cotton was destroyed the plaintiff…
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