General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. V. Traders Furniture Co‪.‬

The appellant, General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., a Pennsylvania corporation, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, filed an action to recover damages caused to a building owned by Fred R. Horsley and Mary W. Horsley and leased to Traders Furniture Co., an Arizona corporation, hereinafter referred to as defendant. The defendant made a motion to dismiss supported by an affidavit and a copy of the lease covering the premises. The Court treated the motion as a motion for summary judgment and granted same. A judgment in favor of defendant was entered thereon and this appeal followed.