UNITED STATES M. & S. INS. CO. v. A/S DEN NORSKE A. OG A. LINE

No. 285.

65 F.2d 392 (1933)

UNITED STATES MERCHANTS' & SHIPPERS' INS. CO. v. A/S DEN NORSKE AFRIKA OG AUSTRALIE LINE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 29, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bigham, Engler, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Henry N. Longley and F. Herbert Prem, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Haight, Smith, Griffin & Deming, of New York City (Charles S. Haight, John W. Griffin, and Wharton Poor, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The libellant is an American corporation, the underwriter of the Dutch shipper of a parcel of goods, laden in a ship of the respondent, a Norwegian corporation. The ship was upon a voyage from Oslo to China ports, and lifted the parcel in question at Hamburg. When some days out from Colombo she caught fire and became a total loss. The libellant paid the shipper under the policy, and brought this suit in its own name as subrogate. The bill of...

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