Industrial Ins. Co. v. Frazier

LOONEY, Justice.

W. M. Frazier sued Industrial Insurance •Company on a fire policy covering a dwelling in Terrell, Tex., belonging to plaintiff, alleged to have been totally destroyed within the terms of the policy. Defendant answered by general denial and pleaded specially that plaintiff had either burned or procured the burning of his house. The controverted issues of fact, upon which the case was tried, were: (a) Whether the property was a total loss; and (b) whether plaintiff procured his nephew, John Franklin Shelton, to burn the house. These issues were answered in favor •of plaintiff,…