Southern Underwriters v. Jones

J. R. Jones, hereinafter styled appellee, instituted this suit against the Southern Underwriters, an unincorporated association, hereinafter styled appellant, to recover the sum of $4,000 on a fire insurance policy issued to him -by appellant on a storehouse in Mt. Calm, Tex. Appellee made W. D. Jones a party defendant, and alleged that he was indebted to him and that the policy sued on contained a clause making the loss thereunder, if any, payable to him as his interest might appear.

The case was tried to a jury. Appellant requested a peremptory charge in its favor, which was refused. The…