Bee Line Transp. Co. v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant sued appellees in admiralty to recover under policies of' marine insurance, issued by each appellee, insuring appellant for legal liability of its tugs arising from causes specified. Appellant, engaged in the towing business, operates barges and tugs transporting cargoes, and on the occasion when this loss was sustained, November 12, 1927, its tug was towing barges, coal laden, owned by it. During heavy weather, two of the barges pounded, sustained damages to their seams, and sank off Block Island, in Block Island Sound and, with their cargoes of coal, became a…