CURACAO TRADING CO. v. FEDERAL INS. CO.

No. 286.

137 F.2d 911 (1943)

CURACAO TRADING CO., Inc., v. FEDERAL INS. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

August 18, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustave Simons, of New York City (Theodore E. Wolcott, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (John M. Aherne, of New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this action, the Curacao Trading Company, Inc., is a Netherlands corporation engaged in the import and export business in this country. On July 31, 1935, it obtained through William Stake & Company, Inc., an insurance brokerage corporation, an open policy of marine cargo insurance from the defendant, the Federal Insurance Company. The policy provided, among other things, for insurance "against physical loss or damage from...

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