Camden Fire Ins. Ass'n v. Clark

WALTHALL, Justice.

This suit was brought by C. M. Clark against Camden Fire Insurance Association to recover on a fire insurance policy, insuring Clark against loss by fire on a stock of-groceries, flour, sugar, and staple goods of all kinds, located at Crane, Tex., and alleged to have been totally destroyed by fire while the policy was in force.

The defendant insurance company answered by a plea in abatement to the effect that the insurance policy sued on provided that no suit should be brought on the policy until sixty days after due notice, ascertainment,1 estimate, and satisfactory proof of…