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LANASA FRUIT STEAMSHIP & I. CO. v. UNIVERSAL INS. CO.

No. 5801.

16 F.Supp. 912 (1936)

LANASA FRUIT STEAMSHIP & IMPORTING CO., Inc., v. UNIVERSAL INS. CO.

District Court, D. Maryland.

June 12, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Forbes and Henry L. Wortche, both of Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Ritchie, Janney, Ober & Williams, of Baltimore, Md., and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Frank B. Ober and Southgate L. Morison, both of Baltimore, Md., and Martin Detels, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.

WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, District Judge.

The question presented involves the interpretation of a policy of marine insurance issued by the defendant to the plaintiff covering a cargo of bananas shipped aboard the Norwegian steamship Smaragd in July, 1935, from Cuba to Baltimore. The vessel was stranded coming up Chesapeake Bay, and before she could be floated, the entire cargo of bananas became overripe and rotted, resulting in total loss. The plaintiff furnished the requisite...

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