Legal Opinion
Reinold v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 29, 1948No. 106, Docket 20730PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Libellant, Mary Louise Reinold, is the beneficiary under a Crew Life and Injury Policy of Insurance issued by the War Shipping Administration covering the master, officers and crew of M/V Baltic. The sole issue is whether the death of Ernest F. Backus, the chief officer of the vessel, who was shot and killed on board by a drunken armed guard resulted from a peril insured against.
The Baltic was of Panamanian registry, was operated by the Panama Transport Company, and was under a time charter to the War Shipping Administration. She had aboard a cargo of crude oil…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Queen Insurance Co. of America v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Crist v. United States War Shipping AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Dennehy v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
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- Meseck Towing Lines, Inc. v. Excess Ins.District Court, E.D. New York · 1948
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. The Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. Et Al.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Stofey v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
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