Legal Opinion
Jeffcott v. Ætna Ins.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 30, 1941PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLANCY, District Judge.
On September 21, 1938, the libellant owned the yacht “Dauntless,” the hull, tackle, rigging, etc., of which were in*405sured against perils of the sea in one policy of the respondent and disbursements thereon similarly insured in another. She was laid up out of commission at the Thames Shipyard at New London, Connecticut. A devastating hurricane struck New London in the afternoon of that day. It caused a great rise in the water of the Thames River which was referred to by many of the witnesses as a tidal wave and which broke the “Dauntless” from her moorings and carried her…
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