Trinidad Corp. v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Ass'n

PALMIERI, District Judge.

This action involves the interpretation and application of certain provisions of a protection and indemnity insurance policy executed by the respondent in favor of the libelant, insuring against certain risks, liabilities and expenses with respect to the libelant’s vessel, the Fort Mercer. The facts are not in dispute.

The circumstances which gave rise to this suit were substantially as follows: On October 2, 1949, while the insurance policy was in force, the S. S. Fort Mercer was proceeding in the Houston Ship Channel, outward bound from the port of Houston, Texas.…