American Merchant Marine Ins. v. Margaret M. Ford Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by the Margaret M. Ford Corporation against the American Merchant Marine Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
After the purchase by Capt. Gilbert, in the fall of 1917, the then barge Henry R. Tilton was rebuilt and re*769fitted as a schooner at a cost of $35,000 to $45,000. Originally she was a schooner. On January 12, 1918, she was placed in dry dock where she was generally overhauled, recaulked, and refastened. While in this dry clock, she was purchased by the defendant in error from Capt. Gilbert. In February, 1918, the plaintiff in error issued its policy of $10,000 in part for the $45,000 of insurance obtained by the defendant in error on this vessel. The insurance policy…
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