Indemnity Marine Assur. Co., Limited v. Cadiente

POPE, Circuit Judge.

Suit in admiralty by appellee seeking recovery on a policy of marine insurance for an alleged constructive total loss of the insured vessel Miss Philippine. The vessel ran aground at Kaupo, Island of Maui, Hawaii, on June 6, 1949. On the following day, Cadiente, the husband of appellee, who was her agent and business manager, went to the beach where the vessel was stranded and he and the master of the vesel made what inspection they could from the shore. Hagood, the master of a tugboat, The Maizie C, who was soliciting employment to salvage the vesel, inspected the vessel…