Aetna Insurance Co. v. Klein

CALVERT, Justice.

This is a suit on an insurance policy brought by respondents to recover for loss sustained by them by reason of damage to their building caused by lightning. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues, in reponse to which the jury found that lightning was the proximate cause of the damage to the building in question and that the loss sustained by respondents was $20,000. Judgment was rendered by the trial court that respondents recover that sum. The judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. Tex.Civ.App., 318 S.W.2d 464.

The insurance policy on which recovery…