Home Ins. Co. v. Williams

BROWN, Justice.

Appellant issued and delivered to appel-lee a fire insurance policy covering his dwelling in Denton county, in the sum of $1,500.

Appellee brought suit upon such policy, after the destruction of his house by fire.

Appellant sought a continuance because of the absence of three witnesses, subpoenaed by it one week before the trial. Two of these witnesses were married women; the third is the husband of one of them.

The officer in whose hands the writs were placed made his return showing that one of the married women lived in Potter county, Tex., and that the other witnesses lived in…