STANDARD FIRE INS. CO. v. GRIGGS

No. 8898.

567 S.W.2d 60 (1978)

The STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Thelma Clark GRIGGS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Trout, Flygare & Moody, James L. Wharton, Lubbock, for appellant.

McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf, Don Graf, Lubbock, for appellee.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

The trial court, ruling that the word "jewelry" as used in an exclusionary clause of an insurance policy was ambiguous when applied to the Indian belts and bolo ties in controversy and should be construed against the insurer, directed a verdict for the insured on the issue of liability and rendered judgment for the values of the items found by the jury. In its context, the word "jewelry" is not ambiguous and the court should have submitted the requested...

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