Gladys Hall Hamrick Smith, Individually and as of the Estate of Bethel T. Smith, Deceased v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, defendant State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. (State Farm) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the insured plaintiff on a fire loss. State Farm contends the district court erred in excluding evidence of other fires destroying property owned by the policyholder and in refusing to find that the policyholder’s trustee in bankruptcy was an indispensable party. We affirm, holding the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to admit the evidence and did not err in concluding under the facts in this case that the trustee in bankruptcy was…