Providence Washington Ins. v. Bowring
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of .New York. In admiralty. Libel by Thomas B. Bowring and others against the Providence Washington Insurance Company. Decree for libelant. 46 Fed. Rep. 119. Respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Wallace, Circuit Judge.
By the policy in suit the appellant insured the steamship for the benefit of all persons interested in her in the sum of $5,000 against the peril by which she became a total loss. By its terms the value of the steamship was agreed upon at $100,000. The libelants, the owners of the steamship, before this suit was brought, had been paid $95,000 by other insurers ol'the steamship upon policies similar to the one in suit. They had also been paid about $28,750 for *614insurance effected at Lloyds’, by Hiñe Bros., the managing owners of the steamship, “on advances.” The appellant…
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