Northwestern Transportation Co. v. Thames & Mersey Insurance

Plaintiff brought an action upon a policy of marine insurance, issued by the defendant upon the steamer Manitoba, whereby the plaintiff, as owner, was insured in the sum of $7,500, against total loss and general *219average only. The steamer was valued in the policy at $36,000. She was also insured by the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania in the sum of $3,350 ; by the Continental Insurance Company, $10,000; and by the Union Insurance Company in the sum of $10,000 — leaving $5,150 at owner’s risk. On the sixth of November, 1883, the policies being then in force, the steamer left the…