Legal Opinion
Western Assur. Co. of Toronto v. Shaw
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 27, 1926No. 3425PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This was an action to recover on a contract of maritime insurance against the Western Assurance Company for the total loss of the barge Holly, while moored at a wharf in Chester, Pa. She was insured “against the adventures and perils of the harbors, bays, sounds, seas, rivers,” etc. She was loaded with three large boilers, weighing 60 tons each, which she was to take to Norfolk, Va. They were lying in the middle of the barge, lengthwise and end to end. On the night of December 18,1919, she listed to the starboard and sank early the next morning. When she listed, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. BoonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Hazard's Administrator v. New England Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
- Nord-Deutscher Lloyd v. President of Insurance Co. of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1901
- Cary v. . Home Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Moores v. Louisville UnderwritersUnited States Circuit Court · 1882
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v. GrayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Allen N. Spooner & Son, Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. The Connecticut Fire Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Continental Ins. Co. Of City of New York v. Patton-Tully Transp. Co. Patton-Tully Transp. Co. v. Continental Ins. Co. Of City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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