Wichita City Lines, Inc. v. Puckett

Ray Puckett, respondent herein, owned a building in Wichita Falls, Texas. The building fronted 50 feet on Scott Street and extended 150 to the alley. Puckett leased the building for $400.00 per month to a bus company, Wichita City Lines, Inc., petitioner herein, as a “place to load and unload passengers and as a shelter for passengers and for any other lawful business.” Puckett reserved from the lease a partitioned area of 24 by 52 feet in the front of the building which he used as an office.

Puckett carried fire insurance on the building with two companies, Millers Mutual Fire Insurance…