Independent Fire Insurance Co. v. Hagler

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by Independent Fire Insurance Company (Independent), from a judgment in favor of Andrew J. Hagler, as administrator of the estate of Willie Bell Coleman, deceased. The judgment involves the proceeds of a fire insurance policy. The insured house was the center of a title dispute between the heirs of Dave Coleman and Willie Bell Coleman.

The house was located on property jointly owned by the heirs of Willie Bell and Dave Coleman. The title dispute was resolved with one-half ownership in Dave’s heirs and one-half in Willie Bell’s heirs. As an heir of Dave…