Bowman Dairy Co. ex rel. Phoenix Insurance v. Megan

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

On the afternoon of October 1, 1935, four cars of milk, being transported in interstate commerce by the Chicago and North Western Railway to Chicago, were destroyed at Genoa City, Wisconsin, by a group of farmers who were conducting a so-called “milk strike.” The Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, had issued a policy covering these shipments and paid the Bowman Dairy Company, nominal plaintiff herein, the sum of $3,593.84 on account of the loss incurred. The insurance company, claiming subrogation to the rights of…