Phalen Park State Bank v. Reeves

Yetka, Justice.

This is an action brought by the Phalen Park State Bank (the bank) against FCM Insurance Company (FCM) to recover under the mortgage clause contained in a fire insurance policy issued by FCM to the bank’s mortgagors, Jean J. and William Reeves (the insureds). The insureds intervened in the action as *196plaintiffs asserting their claim to the insurance proceeds. The case was tried before a jury February 18, 1975. At the conclusion of the trial, the court granted the bank’s motion for directed verdict against FCM, and ordered judgment entered for the bank, ruling that it was…