Leidesdorf v. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd.

Brody & Funt Co., Inc., was the alleged owner of a large amount of skins said to have been destroyed by a fire which occurred on the afternoon of June 27, 1925, in the fur dressing establishment of the Leipzig Fur Dressing Co., Inc., at East Nor-walk, Conn. Thereafter Brody & Funt Co., Inc., went into bankruptcythe plaintiff was appointed trustee and was substituted as plaintiff in the actions brought to recover the alleged loss. Several other claimants have commenced actions against insurance *325companies to collect on policies of insurance because of losses alleged to have occurred in the same…