WRAUSMANN v. KANSAS CITY FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO.

No. 33913.

477 S.W.2d 741 (1972)

Margaret WRAUSMANN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. KANSAS CITY FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District.

February 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Klamen, Summers, Wattenberg & Compton, by Robert F. Summers, Clayton, for plaintiff-respondent.

Willson, Cunningham & McClellan, by J. H. Cunningham, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.


CLEMENS, Commissioner.

This action on a fire insurance policy presents two briefed issues. First, does a straw party insurer have an insurable interest in insured property? Second, does an obligor on a promissory note, secured by a deed of trust on property, have an insurable interest in that property? We say yes and therefore need not consider the straw party issue.

Plaintiff Margaret Wrausmann had a $5,200 verdict and judgment against the defendant insurer...

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