Lewis v. Ætna Ins.

ADAMS, District Judge.

This is an action brought upon a policy •of insurance issued by the respondent on the 8th day of July, 1901, to the libellant and one Holly, as owner of the Lighter Stamford, the loss, if any, payable to the Mechanic’s Trust Company of the City of Bayonne, New Jersey, to cover certain risks on that lighter to an amount not exceeding $3,000, during the year ending on the 8th day of July, 1902. The lighter was sunk at Newark, New Jersey, under circumstances which are detailed in the case of Lewis against the Barber Asphalt Company and the steamtug Thomas ■Quigley, decided…