Crutchfield v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

E. L. Crutchfield, as principal insured under a fire insurance policy covering real estate, joined with J. W. Selman, as mortgagee of the premises insured, in a suit against the St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company for the full amount of insurance benefits therein provided. The theory of the suit was that of a liquidated demand on account of a total loss by fire of property insured pursuant to provisions of Article 6.13 of the Insurance Code, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St.

At the conclusion of the evidence in chief introduced in behalf of the plaintiffs, the Insurance Company…