Fulton Fire Insurance Co. v. First State Bank of Willis

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit upon 2 fire insurance policies brought by the owners of the insured house, Mike Lucher and wife, Lucy Lucher, and the First State Bank of Willis (as lien-holder on the house), as plaintiffs, against the defendant insurance carrier. Defendant defended on the ground that the fire was a fraudulent loss, and alleged that plaintiffs Lucher and wife either burned the house, or caused and procured other persons to burn it, so that they could collect the insurance thereon.

Trial was to a jury which, in answer to issues, found that the house burned to a total…