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HOUSTON FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. v. NICHOLS

No. B-1002.

435 S.W.2d 140 (1968)

HOUSTON FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Benny NICHOLS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 11, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy & Laughlin, Rush Moody, Jr., and Gene L. Jameson, Midland, for petitioner.

Stephen F. Haley, Seminole, Max E. Ramsey, Andrews, for respondent.

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

Respondent, Benny Nichols, sued for and recovered $6,000 on a contract of insurance covering separate piles of cotton burrs which were destroyed by fire. The court of civil appeals affirmed. 428 S.W.2d 458. We reverse and remand.

The case was tried to a jury. In response to a special issue on damages, the jury answered that $6,000 would fairly and reasonably compensate Nichols for damage caused by...

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