Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association, Limited v. George H. Landry, Libelant

WOODBURY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the respondent below, a marine insurance company organized under the laws of Great Britain, which we shall refer to hereinafter as Mutual, from a decree ordering that the libelant recover from it the principal sum of $4,325.23 together with interest in the amount of $267.44 and costs. There is no dispute over the facts.

On March 15, 1957, the diesel fishing vessel Mary J. Landry, owned by the li- belant George H. Landry, collided with and sank the fishing vessel B & E owned by B & E, Inc. The owner of the B & E filed a libel in admiralty in the court…