British America Assur. Co. v. Shores

This is a suit brought by Olen L. Shores to reform a policy of fire insurance issued by defendant British America Assurance Company in the sum of $1,000 covering certain real property owned by plaintiff. In his petition plaintiff set up the fact that the policy sued upon was issued by defendant at the request of an employee of Local Federal Savings & Loan Association, who held a mortgage upon the property, and that through mistake and inadvertence the name of the former owner of the property was inserted in the policy as insured; that plaintiff had sustained a loss by fire on the property,…