Herrmann v. Fireman's Fund Insurance

This is an action for declaratory relief in which plaintiff seeks recovery from either or both defendants, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company and John P. Dieterich, for loss of the yacht “Coronado,” which sank on the early morning of January 18, 1953, while en route from San Diego to Newport Beach, California.

Plaintiff alleged that on or about October 3, 1952, the defendant insurance company issued a policy of insurance in the amount of $20,000, for a period of one year, covering plaintiff’s yacht. Plaintiff engaged a brokerage firm in San Diego to sell the vessel for him and John A. Miller,…