Farmers State Bank of Meridian v. National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford

RICE, Chief Justice.

Ben K. Green, the named assured in a wool policy issued by the National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, on October 17, 1940, brought suit in one of the district courts of McLennan County, Texas, against the Insurance Company, seeking recovery, under the terms of his policy, for the value of wool allegedly destroyed by fire. On June 6, 1941, Farmers State Bank of Meridian, Texas, intervened in the case, alleging that Green, by instrument in writing dated October 10, 1940, had assigned to it the entire amount owing him by the Insurance Company under the…