Western Assur. Co. v. Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Bexar County; R. H. Ward, Judge. Action by the Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Company against the Western Assurance Company, C. L. King, and another. Dismissed as to King, and judgment for plaintiff, subrogat-ing defendant Western Assurance Company to its liens against King, and the defendant company brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoursund, J.
Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Company, a corporation, sued the Western Assurance Company, R. H. Lindville, and C. L. King, seeking to reform an insurance policy for $2,750 and recover thereon. The policy was issued by Nicholson, Furnish & Smith upon a building in the course of erection upon a lot owned by C. L. King, and named R. H. Lindville as the insured and C. L. King as the mortgagee. It also named King as beneficiary in a loss payable clause, and contained no mention of plaintiff. It was alleged that Lindville had never owned any interest in the building, and that by a mutual mistake his name…
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