Gordon v. Hartford Sterling Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

The Hartford Sterling Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, was engaged in business in Delaware County. In March, 1931, two fires destroyed a great part of the plant with its contents. Shortly thereafter the company let a contract to Lofland to repair the buildings and restore the machinery for the sum of $27,232. ' The company carrying insurance aggregating $113,500, claimed a loss through the fire of $73,000. The company assigned to the contractor, as collateral security for the payment of the contracts, $26,700 of the insurance policies. Two suits were entered…