Yonkers Fur Dressing Co. v. Royal Insurance

These actions were brought in the name of the plaintiff by a committee, representing all of the creditors of plaintiff. The plaintiff, a New York corporation, was engaged in the fur dressing business and had a large plant located at Yonkers, N. Y., where it dressed furs and skins belonging to other persons. It had procured policies of fire insurance from the defendants to protect the merchandise of plaintiff’s customers against loss and damage by fire; also upon the fixtures and machinery contained in its plant; also policies of fire insurance protecting it against loss of profits, as a…