National Live Stock Ins. Co. v. Warren
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Smith County Court; Jesse F. Odom, Judge. Action by Hugh A. Warren against the National Live Stock Insurance Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
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Appeal from Smith County Court; Jesse F. Odom, Judge. Action by Hugh A. Warren against the National Live Stock Insurance Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The suit was on a policy issued by appellant insuring appellee for a period of one year from April 10, 1914, in the sum of $200, against loss of a stallion— “by death caused by disease, fire, lightning, cyclone, accidental injuries, or by reason of a broken leg when found necessary by attending veterinarian to destroy, the animal’s life, with the exceptions set forth and printed on the back hereof, which are…
1Opinion of the CourtWillson, C. J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1,2] The trial court reduced to writing findings of fact made by him. Among them was not a specific finding as to the .cause of the death of the horse, but there was one that he “died very suddenly on the night of November 22, 1914, without any fault upon the part of H. A. Warren, and without having shown signs of any previous illness.” The contention, and the only one, made on this appeal, is that the finding specified “was not a sufficient finding of fact to authorize the court to render judgment on the policy of insurance herein sued on.” If it should…
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