Legal Opinion
Kansas City Fire & Marine Insurance v. Dan Arias Shrimp Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1958No. 17119PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict based on a policy of marine insurance covering the shrimp trawler Celestino Arias for the period November 22, 1954, through November 22, 1955. The vessel was customarily employed in the catching of shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico outside the coastal waters of Campeche, Mexico, a distance of approximately six hundred miles from its home port, Tampa, Florida.
On August 27, 1955, the vessel left Tampa en route to the fishing grounds off Campeche with a crew consisting of its master and two crewmen. About seventy-two hours…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- The SilviaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Tropical Marine Products, Inc. v. Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Compania De Navegacion Interior, S. A. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- The IndrapuraDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1909
- Maryland Insurance Company v. Le Roy, Bayard & M'eversSupreme Court of the United States · 1812
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