Gernerd v. Union Indemnity Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Maxey,

This is an appeal from the denial by the court below of defendant’s motions for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial. An action of assumpsit was brought by Fred B. Gernerd, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Charles H. Hoch and Oscar S. Hoch, individually, and as copartners, trading as Hoch Contracting Company (hereinafter referred to as the partnership), against the Union Indemnity Company, a corporation, (hereinafter referred to as the Indemnity Company), to recover the value of certain road building equipment originally owned by the partnership which the company had…