Sea Ins. v. Sinks

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a judgment in favor of the defendant dismissing plaintiff’s action that it be allowed to recover the value of wallpaper which was destroyed by *624fire while in the possession of defendant. Plaintiff’s action was predicated on the ground that it was the subrogee of Central States Transit Company (hereinafter called Central), a freight forwarder, which engaged the defendant’s cartage company to deliver the wallpaper in question. The case was heard by the court without a jury, and appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law therefrom were…