Insurance Co. of North America v. Svendsen

S1MONTON, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Michigan, a Norwegian vessel, loaded in the port of Charleston, S. C., with a cargo of cotton. She started on her voyage, but, before she crossed the Charleston bar, it was discovered that her cargo was on fire, and she put back into port. The fire was extinguished, and upon discharging cargo it was discovered that 812 bales of cotton were destroyed by fire, 2,642 bales were seriously injured by water, and 597 bales were not hurt. The cargo was insured in several marine insurance companies, each company having insured separate portions of the cargo; marks…