Flint Frozen Foods, Inc. v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of NJ

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

The plaintiff owed Einhorn’s, Inc., $13,461.99, evidenced by two promissory notes and secured by four warehouse receipts, two of which represented groceries in the Monmouth Cold Storage Company, a subsidiary of the plaintiff. Einhorn’s insisted on proof from the plaintiff in the form of an insurance certificate that its interest in the groceries designated in the two warehouse receipts was covered by fire insurance. Railing to receive such a certificate from the plaintiff, Einhorn’s on November 12, 1947, obtained on its own account…