United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Ryan Bros.

Defendants in error, Ryan Bros., a firm composed of E._ S. Ryan and E. H. Ryan, instituted this suit in the district court of Denton county upon a fire* insurance policy issued by the United States Fire Insurance Company of New York, plaintiff in error. The petition is in the usual form, itemizing losses claimed to have been sustained by the burning of a barn of the defendants in error, said losses alleged to have aggregated the sum of $1,105. The defendant below alleged, in substance, that it was not liable because an installment due on the note given in part payment for the premium was past…