Kesslen Shoe Co. v. Philadelphia Fire & Marine Insurance

This is an action of contract by the insured, Kesslen Shoe Company, Inc., upon an insurance policy covering theft of entire shipping packages, to recover the value of certain leather lost in the course of transportation by Wing’s Motor Transportation, owned by one Leonard H. Wing. This action was tried in the Superior Court without a jury, in conjunction with a suit in equity brought by Dietz Kid Inc., the seller of the leather, against the Kesslen Shoe Company, Inc., the buyer, and an action at law by Dietz Kid Inc. against Leonard H. Wing, the carrier. In the equity suit the seller of the…