Lindner v. Hine

Schucker & Hopp were the owners of a stock of liquors, and gave Gustave Hine. a chattel mortgage thereon. Afterwards they obtained a policy of insurance ixpon the stock from the People’s Insurance Company, the loss, if any, payable to Hine, as his mortgage interest might appear. A fire occurred, which consumed the property insured. The plaintiffs had been the attoi’neys of Schucker & ‘Hopp in some litigation which they had before that time had, and the plaintiffs made out the proofs of loss. The insux-ance company denied liability, and Schucker & Hopp thereupon assigned their claim under the…