Legal Opinion

Queen Ins. Co. of America v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 11, 1922PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In Admiralty. libel by the Queen Insurance Company of America against the Globe & Rutgers Fire Insurance Company. On final hearing.

1Opinion of the Court

HOUGH, Circuit Judge.

The Italian steamship Napoli sailed from. New York for Genoa in June, 1918. At Gibraltar she became one of a convoy of cargo boats proceeding from Gibraltar to Genoa. On this trip Napoli collided with the British steamship Bamirgton, which was one of another convoy of similar vessels then proceeding from Genoa to Gibraltar. About an hour after collision, and as a result thereof, Napoli sank; both ship and cargo became a total loss.

Part of Napoli’s cargo was covered by what is commonly known as a “marine policy,” issued by libelant, Queen Company, and the same cargo was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Muller v. Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Queen Insurance Co. of America v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. Republic of China v. National Union Fire InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1957
  3. Crist v. United States War Shipping AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
  4. Boston Insurance Co. v. FawcettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  5. Nautilus Virgin Charters, Inc. v. Edinburgh InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1981

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