In re the Arbitration between Fitzgerald & Continental Insurance

Appellants appeal from an order of the Supreme Court directing each of them to proceed with petitioner to an arbitration under the provisions of article 84 of the Civil *455Practice Act. The controversy arises over an appraisal and determination of the amount of loss claimed by petitioner-respondent under policies of fire insurance issued by said companies which insured him against loss sustained bv business interruption due to fire.

Petitioner suffered loss and damage by fire in one of his warehouses upon which each of the appellant companies had issued a standard policy of fire insurance. Each…