Legal Opinion
Gulf Refining Co. v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 27, 1929No. 506PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Respondent issued a war risk insurance policy for $27,-690 upon a cargo of gasoline, owned by petitioner’s predecessor in interest and valued in the policy at $212,000, on board the tanker “ Gulflight,” bound from Port Arthur, Texas, to Rouen. On the voyage the “ Gulflight ” was torpedoed and put into a port of refuge where, in consequence of the injury to the ship, damages and expenses of. a general average nature were incurred. A general average contribution of $49,088.04, the correctness of which is not questioned; was assessed against the cargo on the basis of the actual- value of the…
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- International Nav. Co. v. Atlantic Mut. Ins.District Court, S.D. New York · 1900
- Clark v. United Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Providence & Stonington Steamship Co. v. Phoenix InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- British & Foreign Marine Ins. v. Maldonado & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1910
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