Levi v. New Orleans Mut. Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana
The plaintiffs [James Levi and others] in these eases held policies of insurance issued by the defendant companies [the New Orleans Mutual Insurance Association, the Home Mutual Insurance Company, and the Union Mutual Insurance Company] respectively, on the hull, engine, furniture and appurtenances of the steamboat Sabine, which was lost in consequence of a collision with the steamboat Richmond, near Twelve Mile Point, a short distance above New Orleans, all within the…
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The plaintiffs [James Levi and others] in these eases held policies of insurance issued by the defendant companies [the New Orleans Mutual Insurance Association, the Home Mutual Insurance Company, and the Union Mutual Insurance Company] respectively, on the hull, engine, furniture and appurtenances of the steamboat Sabine, which was lost in consequence of a collision with the steamboat Richmond, near Twelve Mile Point, a short distance above New Orleans, all within the territorial limits of the state of Louisiana, on the moruing of the 11th of February, 1873. The cases, by order of the court,…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The execution of the policies and the fact of the loss are admitted by defendants. They defend against .a recovery on several grounds.
1. Because the collision and consequent loss were caused by the carelessness, negligence and improper conduct of the master ■of the Sabine, and of his mariners and servants, and by their gross fault and violation of law and the rules of navigation. In the case of Shirley v. The Richmond [Case No. 12,795], I have found that the loss of the Sabine was the result of a collision with the Richmond, and that the collision was occasioned by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Charles St. John v. American Mutual F. & M. InsuranceThe Superior Court of New York City · 1852
- Mathews v. Howard InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1852
- Hynds v. Schenectady County Mutual InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1852
- Caldwell v. St. Louis Perpetual InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1846
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- Richelieu & O. Nav. Co. v. Boston Marine Ins. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1886