Associated Truck Lines v. Employers' Fire Ins.

This is an action on an insurance policy, covering a cargo of automobile parts, in transit by motorized equipment and rendered junk by fire occasioned by a collision, caused, it is claimed, by act of a tortfeasor. The motorized equipment was insured by the Insurance Company of North America, which has paid, been subrogated and brought suit in its own name in the Muskegon circuit against the alleged tortfeasor.

Over the protest of defendant herein the insured, upon rejection of the cargo by the consignee, paid the consignor. This was proper under the evidence. Defendant herein demanded that the…