Willat Film Corp. v. Central Union Trust Co.

This action involves the right to certain insurance moneys. Three actions were originally instituted by the plaintiff, Willat Film Corporation, against three separate insurance companies to recover the amount of a fire insurance loss. The property destroyed consisted of certain moving picture film laboratories located at Fort Lee, N. J. The loss occurred on February 7, 1925.

The insurance companies admitted their liability, and after the loss was adjusted, interpleaded the Willat Studios & Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the Studios Company) and the Central Union Trust Company…