Walter Connally Co. v. Hopkins

(after stating the case as above). The controversy between Hopkins on the one side and Connally & Co. on the other side was as to which of them had the superior right to the part of the-proceeds of the policy representing insurance on the machinery the latter sold to Wilson and Patten. In determining that controversy it was immaterial whether the lien on the machinery claimed by Hopkins was superior to that claimed by Connally & Co. or not; for a lien on the machinery of itself conferred no right on the holder thereof to the proceeds of the policy. A contract of fire insurance is personal to…