Mecca Fire Ins. Co. (Mut.) of Waco v. First State Bank of Hamlin

The Mecca Fire Insurance Company (Mutual) of Waco, Tex., has prosecuted this appeal from a judgment recovered against it by the First State Bank of Hamlin for damages by fire to an iron safe. At the time of the fire, appellee held a fire insurance policy issued by appellant describing the property insured as appellee’s “bank furniture and fixtures, adding machine and books.” It is insisted that the safe was neither furniture nor fixtures, and therefore was not covered by the policy. The trial court found that the safe “was not attached to the building by bolts or screws, irons, or nails, but…