Union Ins. v. Gloves

Fox, D. J.

On the twentieth day of April, 1878, the complainant, by policy No. 6,305, insured the sum of $2,500 on brig J. M. Wiswell for one year; loss payable to C. C. Glover, who was the master and owner of nine-sixteenths of the brig.

Within the year the vessel met with disaster in the English channel, and, for the benefit of all concerned, was beached near Dartmouth. She was subsequently taken to that port and there sold. Controversies in relation to the general average arose between the master and the owners of her cargo, which are, it is stated, still pending in the courts of England. In…