Starkweather v. . Gravely

Plaintiff, a brokerage firm, specializing in marine insurance, was employed by the defendant, in August, 1918, to effect several policies of fire and marine insurance on a quantity of leaf tobacco to be shipped from points of origin in North Carolina by rail to Tacoma, Washington, and thence by water to Shanghai, China. Defendant contends that he has paid for all the insurance authorized by him, while plaintiff contends that, on account of peculiar conditions, due to the war, additional or higher-rate insurance was necessary to protect the tobacco from loss or damage while in transit, and…