United States Fire Ins. v. Phil-Mar Corp.

This is an appeal on questions of law from the Common Pleas Court where the trial court granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant-appellee, Phil-Mar Corporation, and against the plaintiffs-appellants, defendant-appellant National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, and codefendants-appellees in a jury trial at the close of defendant’s case. The essential facts are as follows:

The J. Spang Baking Company, a corporation, by written ■indenture, leased two contiguous industrial buildings to Phil-Mar, which manufactures lamps and lamp shades, for a term of five years…