Pacific Creosoting Co. v. Thames & Mersey Marine Ins.
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Admiralty. Ribel in personam by the Pacific Creosoting Company against the Thames & Mersey Marine Insurance Company, limited. On exceptions to the libel.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
This suit is founded on a marine policy insuring a cargo of iron drums containing creosote oil shipped from Rondon, England, to Eagle Harbor, in Puget Sound, by the British ship Sardhana. In storms encountered during the voyage the cargo was battered and damaged, and after the arrival at her port of. discharge a gale of wind caused a barge used for lightering the cargo from the ship to land, having a load of 272 drums, to be capsized, and by that casualty four drums were lost and a large salvage expense was incurred. The losses from the causes indicated amount in the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Canton Ins. Office, Ltd. v. WoodsideCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Larsen v. Insurance Company of North AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1965