Legal Opinion
Ciconett v. Home Ins.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided September 22, 1948No. Nos. 14, 15PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBOURNE, District Judge.
Libellant, C. V. Ciconett, on July 3, 1945, filed in Admiralty, separate libels in person-am, Numbers 14 and 15, both seeking to recover proceeds of an insurance policy on the Diesel Towboat “Judge Ross”, arising out of two sinkings of that vessel.
The first sinking, which is the subject of Libel No. 15, occurred on the 6th day of September 1944, while the “Judge Ross” was in port at Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
The second sinking occurred in the Kentucky River, about three miles above Lock 37, on November 28, 1944, when the Towboat hit a stump or stumps of trees cut off just…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Reliance Insurance Company v. The Yacht Escapade Ex the Thor II Etc., Reliance Insurance Company v. Howard BondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Home Ins. Co. v. Ciconett. Ciconett v. Home Ins. CoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- People v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1950
- Reliance Insurance Company v. The Yacht Escapade Ex the Thor II Etc., Reliance Insurance Company v. Howard BondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960