Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Israel

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff insurance companies brought this action of interpleader in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against the insured and others to determine their liability on five fire insurance policies. Four policies had been issued to Sam and Dorothy Mindich covering property used by them in a laundry and dry cleaning establishment known as Camay Cleaners and Launderers; a fifth policy covered machinery conditionally sold them by Excell Laundry Machinery Corp., with certificates of insurance issued to Camay. On September 5, 1962, Sam Mindich merged…