LANASA FRUIT CO. v. INSURANCE CO.

No. 57.

302 U.S. 556 (1938)

LANASA FRUIT STEAMSHIP & IMPORTING CO. v. UNIVERSAL INSURANCE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George Forbes and Henry L. Wortche for petitioner.

Mr. D. Roger Englar, with whom Messrs. Frank B. Ober and Martin Detels were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This action was brought upon a policy of marine insurance. Judgment for respondent was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, 89 F.2d 545, and certiorari was granted.

Petitioner was the owner of a cargo of bananas aboard the Norwegian steamship "Smaragd." While proceeding up Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore on July 21, 1935, the vessel stranded and before she could...

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