Amok Gold Mining Co. v. Canton Insurance Office

BEASLY, J., pro tem.

This is an action upon a policy of marine insurance, in which plaintiff recovered a verdict of $1,923, interest and costs; and defendant appeals from the judgment entered thereon.

By the policy the defendant insured mining supplies consisting of fifteen hundred feet of fuse, five drums of gasoline, one ton of sacked coal, seven tons of dynamite and 1M blast caps, “in the power schooner ‘Harold Blekum’ at and from Seattle, Washington, to Uyak, Alaska.” Subject to the effect of certain conversations between the master of the schooner and the owner, it is conceded that the…