Murray v. Great Western Insurance

Daniels, J.:

The recovery was on a policy of marine insurance issued by the defendant on the 13th of September, 1878, on the steamer Cleopatra, her tackle, apparel and furniture. She encountered an injury by striking upon a sunken reef on the 23d of October, 1878, while passing through what is called Douglas Channel, at the entrance to *582Cochran’s anchorage, near the harbor of Nassau. It was alleged on behalf of the plaintiff, to whom the insurance had been transferred by the assured, with the consent of the company, that the steamer and her boilers and machinery were injured by the stranding to…