BANKS, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Today, we affirm a decision imposing an equitable lien in favor of a bank-mortgagee on proceeds from a fire insurance policy. We hold that Miss. Code Ann. § 83-13-9 (Rev. 1991) protects a mortgagee by requiring the mortgagor and the insurer to attach a mortgagee loss payable clause in favor of the mortgagee to a fire insurance policy taken on a building subject to a mortgage. The bank is such a mortgagee, and entitled...
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