La Fonciere Compagnie D'Assurances Contre Les Risques De Transport De Toute Nature v. Dollar
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Suit in admiralty by Robert Dollar, trustee, against La Fonciere Compagnie D’Assurances Contre Les Risques De Transport De Toute Nature. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant insured the interest of the appellee in the steamer Grace Dollar, at San Francisco, on the 20th day of January, 1903, for the term of one year, from loss by reason of perils of the sea; the insurer, however, not to be liable for any particular average loss not amounting to 5 per cent. net. The action was brought *946in the court below by the appellee against the appellant upon that policy,- and the case was there submitted upon an agreed statement of facts, which recites that:
“While the policy was in force',, viz., on August 31, 1903, the steamer Grace Dollar…
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