Williams v. Lumbermen's Insurance

Alessandroni, J.,

— The Perkiomen Trunk and Bag Company, Inc., was insured for the amount of $403,000 with 26 different insurance companies, and liability on the policies was contested by all the companies. After the fire the company went into receivership and the insurance companies made a common investigation of the fire, the books and records of the *582trunk and bag company, appointed a joint committee, and decided to defend the claims. When the case at bar was called for trial it was agreed that the case following it on the trial list be tried, namely, that of the Southern Mutual Insurance…