Arundel Corp. v. Federal Insurance

The action is upon an insurance policy to cover the plaintiff’s liability for property damage, personal injuries or death in carrying out a contract with the State of New York to widen and deepen a portion of the State Barge Canal near Borne, N. Y. The facts were stipulated and the only question is whether on the facts so stipulated the grounding of a barge, Seaboard #44, was covered by the policy.

The plaintiff’s contract with the State obligated it to widen and deepen the existing twelve foot deep, seventy-five foot wide channel to a depth of fourteen feet and a width of 104 feet, by cutting…