Keystone Paper Mills Co. v. Pennsylvania Fire Ins.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

The action in the court below was based on five policies of insurance against separate companies to recover damages to machinery occasioned by a fire at the Keystone Paper Mills. The fire broke out at midnight and burned with terrific intensity throughout the night. It started in the waxing room where many tons of ordinary paper, large quantities of wax paper, and many thousand pounds Of paraffin were located. The heat was so intense that glass windows were melted in adjoining rooms. The particular machine about which this action centered is described as a paper…