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HOME INS. CO. v. MERCHANTS' TRANSP. CO.

No. 4911.

16 F.2d 372 (1926)

HOME INS. CO., NEW YORK, v. MERCHANTS' TRANSP. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 20, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Bogle, Lawrence Bogle, Cassius E. Gates, and John C. Bowen, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Overton G. Ellis and Robert E. Evans, both of Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.

Before GILBERT and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges, and JAMES, District Judge.

GILBERT, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

Jurisdiction in admiralty in cases of contract depends upon the nature of the contract, "and is limited to contracts, claims, and services purely maritime and touching the rights and duties appertaining to commerce and navigation." The Eclipse, 135 U.S. 599, 608, 10 S.Ct. 873, 34 L. Ed. 269. A contract of marine insurance is a maritime contract. Insurance Company v. Dunham,...

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