Legal Opinion

Gilchrist v. Chicago Ins.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 19, 1899No. 446PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United testates for the Northern District of Illinois. In Admiralty.

1Opinion of the Court

HARLAN, Circuit Justice.

The case made by the amended libel is as follows:

On or about the 6th of May, 1891, the schooner American Union, owned by the respondent Annetta S. Hodman, while prosecuting a voyage on Lake Huron, was stranded at Thompson’s Harbor, and thereafter, on the 19th of May, 1894, wait to pieces and became a total wreck.

Before and at the time of the disaster the respondent companies were'underwriters on the vessel, as follows: Chicago Insurance Company of Chicago, $L,500; London Assurance Company of London, England, $1,500; Western Assurance Company of Toronto, ’Canada,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Yeaton and Others, of the Schooner General Pinkney and Cargo v. The United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1809
  2. The Charles MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Irvine v. the HesperSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. The LucilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. The Sarah AnnU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1835

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. The Ernest H. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
  3. Great Lakes Towing Co. v. Mill Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1907
  4. Mason v. Marine Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
  5. Crosby Transp. Co. v. SautterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1912

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