Jacaman v. Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc.

WALKER, Justice.

This is an action on two fire insurance policies, one for $10,000.00 and the other for $5,000.00, issued by respondents to M. S. Jacaman. Petitioner is the personal representative of the insured, who died after the suit was filed. Each policy by its terms covered the “contents” of La Popular Store at 415-417 Convent Avenue, Laredo, Texas, and stipulated that “unless otherwise provided, insurance on personal property shall cover only while in the described building.” About three months before the fire, La Popular was closed and all contents of the building described in the…