Glens Falls Ins. Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

This suit was instituted by three fire insurance companies to recover a large sum of money paid by them to the Brewster Company, Inc., as a result of a fire which destroyed a building covered by fire policies issued by plaintiffs to the Brewster Company, Inc., and/or C. H. Treadwell, contractor. The defendants are C. H. Treadwell, Brewster Company’s co-insured, and his liability insurance carrier.

Plaintiffs in their petition allege that they paid the Brewster Company the amount of the fire loss, and that they, as that company’s subrogees, are entitled to recover from the…