SPIRES et ux. v. HANOVER FIRE INS. CO.


364 Pa. 52 (1950)

Spires et ux., Appellants, v. Hanover Fire Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Kenworthey, with him Howard N. Plate, Frank B. Quinn and Quinn, Leemhuis, Plate & Dwyer, for appellants.

John B. Brooks and John G. Gent, with them Brooks, Curtze & Silin, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, January 16, 1950:

The issue here involved may appear superficially to be one merely of procedure but in reality the question is whether an insurance company must account for the performance of its obligations under a policy of fire insurance to anyone other than the named insured.

Plaintiffs in September, 1944 leased a tract of land owned by them to one Mary E. Kaehler for a term...

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