Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Hooker Electrochemical Co.

Hiscock, Ch. J.

The questions presented upon this appeal arise upon a motion made to dismiss the complaint and founded not only upon that pleading but also upon affidavits. All of these questions lead up to the principal pne which has been certified to us whether the plaintiff as insurer and subrogee is' barred by a release executed by the insured to defendant from recovering of the latter the moneys which it paid to indemnify the insured against loss caused by the wrongdoing of the defendant.

It appeared on the motion that a corporation known on this appeal as the Wander Company engaged in…