United States Fire Insurance Co. v. Stricklin

AKIN, Justice.

This is a suit on a fire insurance policy by T. C. Stricklin, a third-lien mortgagee, against U.S. Fire Insurance Company. The property damaged was covered on the date of loss by two separate policies similar in terms, and Stricklin has sued each insurance company for the loss in separate actions. Prior to suit, Stricklin foreclosed upon the property and repaired it. The principal question on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence of the second fire insurance policy covering the property and in failing to give effect to the “other insurance”…