British & Foreign Marine Ins. v. Maldonado & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Admiralty. Ribels by Maldonado & Co., Incorporated, against the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Company to determine the liability of the insurance company as an underwriter for general average contribution on valued marine policies covering the usual perils.
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Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. In Admiralty. Ribels by Maldonado & Co., Incorporated, against the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Company to determine the liability of the insurance company as an underwriter for general average contribution on valued marine policies covering the usual perils. From a decree fixing the insurance company’s liability, both parties' appeal. .Reversed, with instructions.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The libelant, a mercantile corporation of San Francisco, charterer of the ship Germanicus, intending to import from the East Indies a large quantity of kapok in bales, procured from the respondent, the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Company, insurance thereon against perils of the sea, including general average contributions payable by the goods insured. The merchandise was valued at cost on board and 10 per cent, added thereto, amounting in the aggregate to the agreed or policy value of $48,633, and was insured in that amount. The insured voyage was from Sourabaya,…
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