Cappelen v. United States

WILKIN, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District óf Columbia which dismissed • a libel in admiralty instituted under authority of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., for recovery of $5000 death-benefit, under a Second Seaman’s War Risk Policy, issued by the War Shipping Administration pursuant to provisions of Section 1128(a), 1 Title 46 U.S.C.A., to the libellant’s husband, Jens M. Cappelen, Master of the S. S. William B. Giles.

The pertinent part of the insurance contract is: “The insurance is for loss of life, *…