Caton v. State

This appeal is upon the record proper. The points of decision relate to the sufficiency of the indictment upon which this appellant was tried and convicted in the lower court. The insistencies of error are based upon the action of the court in overruling certain demurrers to the indictment.

Section 3294 of the Code 1923, under the terms of which the indictment in this case was drawn, provides that any person, who, with intent to charge, injure, or defraud the insurer, willfully burns, or, with intent to burn, sets fire to, any building or property which at the time is insured against fire, or…