National Fire Ins. Co. v. Mogan

The ultimate question on this appeal is whether an insurance company, which issued a policy of fire insurance covering a certain chattel which was destroyed by fire while in the exclusive possession of a bailee of the insured and paid the loss, is subrogated to the rights of the insured as bailor against the bailee. A preliminary question is whether the record before us discloses a right in the bailor to recover from the bailee on account of the destruction of the property.

The case comes here as an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on the pleadings granted by the Circuit Court in favor…