Legal Opinion
Grow v. Steel Gas Screw Loraine K
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided August 1, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 19843PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN, Chief Judge.
This libel is founded on a claim for premiums due on an insurance contract covering the seized vessel. The respondent, alleging that the libel fails to establish in rem jurisdiction, filed Exceptions.
Since a vessel’s insurance coverage is a maritime matter, disputes regarding such contracts are within the exclusive jurisdiction of an admiralty court. Insurance Company v. Dunham, 1870, 11 Wall. 1, 20 L.Ed. 90; Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., 1955, 348 U.S. 310, 75 S.Ct. 368, 99 L.Ed. 337.
The Maritime Lien Act of 1910, as amended 1920, 46 U.S.C.A. §§…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Insurance Co. v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- The J. E. RumbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The Guiding StarUnited States Circuit Court · 1883
- The Guiding StarDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1881
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Ireland's Lumber Yard v. Progressive Contractors, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
- Grow v. Steel Gas Screw Loraine KCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962
- Lih v. WagnerNew York Supreme Court · 1970
- Grow v. Steel Gas Screw Loraine KCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1962