Thurston v. Northwestern Fire & Marine Ins.

COOPER, District Judge.

This is a motion to remand this case to the Supreme Court of the state of New York, Cayuga county, from which it was removed by the nonresident defendant, the Northwestern Fire & Marine Insurance Company.

The resident defendant, Cowles Towing Line, Inc., was not represented on this motion.

The defendant insurance company insured the plaintiff barge Mildred Thurston against certain perils of navigation on inland waters, including the canals of the state.

The Mildred Thurston sank in the Erie Canal near Lockport. The defendant insurance company, presumably after…