Quinn v. United States

McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty by the widow of Frederick Quinn, an American seaman who disappeared from liis ship while the vessel was enroute from San Francisco to Honolulu. At the time the ship was part of a wartime convoy and was operating under blackout conditions imposed by the Navy. The libelant seeks to recover for the loss of her husband’s life under a war risk insurance policy. 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 741 to 752 and 1128 to 1128f.

The key question is whether or not the blackout conditions imposed upon the convoy by the Navy as a war measure can be said in point of law…