Globe Indemnity Co. v. Schmitt

Briefly stated, the question for decision is whether The Globe Indemnity Company, hav ing- settled damage claims for which its insured, The John Shillito Company, was deemed liable, may properly maintain an action for indemnity against Alois Schmitt.

It is a well established rule “that a person.who occupies premises, and maintains or controls, for his own convenience, an opening in the adjacent sidewalk, through which he contracts for the delivery of goods, is liable for injuries received by a pedestrian as a result of the negligence of the deliveryman in not properly guarding or in failing to…