Washington Iron Works v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

Did the “Julia Luckenbach’’ strand in the harbor of San Diego, California?

This is the only question presented in this action, brought for the purpose of recovering on a marine insurance policy, and is conceded by both parties to the litigation to be, as stated in the appellant’s brief, “purely a legal question for the court to determine, and no question of fact is involved therein.”

The respondent made a shipment on the “Julia Luckenbach” of steel plates, to be carried from New York via Panama Canal to Puget Sound, and covering that shipment had a marine insurance policy issued by the…