Union Marine Ins. v. The Roanoke
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
In Admiralty. Libel by tbe Union Marine Insurance Company against tbe steamer Roanoke and others to recover in general aver- ( age. Certain exceptions filed to the libel were heretofore overruled. 46 Fed. Rep. 297. The cause was thereafter submitted upon the agreed statement of facts.
1Opinion of the Court
JENKINS, District Judge, (orally.)
The libel was filed by certain' underwriters against the Roanoke, in a case of general average. The! cargo of the vessel having been found to be on fire, the fire department, of the city of Buffalo, where the vessel then lay, was called into requisi-' tion, and flooded the cargo, and by that means, and by the subse-| quent efforts of the master and crew of the vessel, the fire was ex-| tinguished, the vessel was saved, and a large part of the cargo was' saved at the expense of a certain part of the cargo, which was de-' stroyed by the wetting from the water.…
2Cited by1 opinion
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