St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co. v. Bishops Gate Insurance Co.

CRAWFORD, Judge.

Although this suit was commenced by an insurance company seeking a declaratory judgment as to coverage and spawned a somewhat complicated maze of claims, cross-claims, and counter-claims, this appeal involves only a dispute between the lessors and the lessee of real property over the proceeds of fire insurance policies on the leased premises. To detail the precise course of the litigation will only serve to complicate the rather simple factual situation, so we will handle the case as though the litigation was simply between Herman Rush and wife, Beverly Rush,…