Streule v. Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

On or about December 9, 1966, while Mr. Streule was in Florida, his yacht was discovered. lying low in the water, tied to its dock at the Columbia Island Marina. The yacht had taken on water and had to be pumped dry periodically for the next few days to keep it afloat. It was eventually, 2 or 3 days later, hauled from the water to dry-dock.

Mr. Streule learned of this after he returned from Florida on or about January 5, 1967. He submitted a “Report of Marine Loss,” dated January 27, 1967, to Norfolk and Dedham, in which he stated the above facts and that the nature…