CARDOSA v. FIREMAN'S FUND INS. CO.

Docket No. 5404.

144 Cal.App.2d 279 (1956)

300 P.2d 875

JOHN G. CARDOSA et al., Appellants, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

August 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gerald Driscoll, Jr., for Appellants.

McCutchen, Black, Harnagel & Greene, Harold A. Black and Philip K. Verleger for Respondents.


MUSSELL, J.

This is an action on an insurance policy to recover the sum of $5,376.20 paid by plaintiffs to the government of Ecuador as a fine or penalty for the violation of a law of that republic prohibiting the passage of fishing boats through its territorial waters without a permit so to do.

The policy, issued April 11, 1951, insures plaintiffs as owners of the "Notre Dame," a fishing vessel, against:

"(9). Liability for fines and penalties for...

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