Jonas v. Bank of Kodiak

McCARREY, District Judge.

This action arose when the plaintiff filed a complaint against the defendant Bank of Kodiak and defendant FidelityPhenix Insurance Company in order to collect on a policy of marine insurance.

The case was set for trial at Kodiak at the request of the plaintiff who resided in Kodiak. Neither defendant seriously objected to the trial setting in Kodiak.

This court takes judicial notice of the fact that there is but one attorney in Kodiak. This necessitates travel expenses for most attorneys whenever trials are held in Kodiak, and, in this case, as the only attorney in…