Stetson v. Insurance Co. of North America

THOMPSON, District Judge.

The libelant sues to recover the sum of $1,700 as insurance upon freight on board or not on board the schooner John R. Penrose on a voyage from Philadelphia to Charleston, S. C., and Belfast, Ga., and return to Philadelphia for account of whom it'may concern, loss if any payable to D. S. Stetson & Co., the libelant.

The Penrose sailed from Philadelphia for Charleston January 21, 1909, having loaded a cargo of 694 tons of gas coal, the freight upon which amounted to $763.40. She was under charter for her expected return voyage from Belfast, Ga., to Philadelphia to carry…