Brown v. Jerome
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Suit in equity by James Jerome against James Crosby Brown, of Brown Bros. & Co., and others, doing business under the designation of the “United States Lloyds.” Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal. On March 16, 1916, the California South Sea Navigation Company chartered from the owner thereof the steamer Roanoke.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Suit in equity by James Jerome against James Crosby Brown, of Brown Bros. & Co., and others, doing business under the designation of the “United States Lloyds.” Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal. On March 16, 1916, the California South Sea Navigation Company chartered from the owner thereof the steamer Roanoke. On April 28, 1916, the Navigation Company entered into a contract with the Selby Smelting Company for the carriage by the Roanoke…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The appellants contend that the first covering note and the policy is-sued thereupon insured only freight earned on the southward voyage of the Roanoke plus that part of the return voyage from Valparaiso *3to Antofagasta, and not freight to be earned on the return voyage from Antofagasta to San Francisco. We do not so read the contract. The terms of the covering note and the policy mean, we think, in the light of the circumstances, that the intention was to insure only the freight to be earned on the return voyage from Antofagasta. The Navigation Company…
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