Fire Ass'n v. General Handkerchief Corp.

Defendant, a New York corporation, brought an action in 1949 in the Supreme Court of this state against plaintiff, a Pennsylvania insurance company, to recover for the loss of certain merchandise allegedly covered by an insurance policy issued by plaintiff. At the instance of the insurance company, that action was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where it is now pending. The insurance company thereafter commenced the present suit in the Supreme Court to recover premiums alleged to be due it under the same policy, in the amount of over $5,000,…