Supreme Court of Arkansas April 11, 1983, 83-61 (Government Employees Insurance v. Akers)

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The question is a procedural one: Whether the trial court erred in finding that an affirmative defense had not been pleaded. Government Employees Insurance Company brings this appeal from the trial court’s decision denying Government Employees from defending a claim by a homeowner for fire damage by presenting evidence of arson — that one of the Akerses caused the house