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CHESTER v. ASSINIBOIA CORPORATION

355 A.2d 880 (1976)

Arthur Henry CHESTER, one of the Underwriters at Lloyd's and Edinburgh Assurance Co., Ltd., as representative defendants with the agreement of all subscribing insurers, Defendants below, Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. ASSINIBOIA CORPORATION, a corporation of the State of Delaware, et al., Plaintiffs below, Appellees, and John W. Burgess, Trustee for Mortgagee, Intervenor below, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided March 31, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. N. Carpenter, II, and Allen M. Terrell, Jr., Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, and William G. Symmers, Symmers, Fish & Warner, New York City, of counsel, for defendants below, appellants and cross-appellees.

Ernest S. Wilson, Jr., Wilson & Russell, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellees.

Richard I. G. Jones and Robert W. Ralston, Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for intervenor below, appellee and cross-appellant.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.

DUFFY, Justice:

This appeal involves claims resulting from substantial fire damage to a passenger ship, the S.S. Assiniboia, while it was docked at Camden, New Jersey. After a trial without jury the Superior Court made findings as to liability, all of which are stated in a full opinion, to which reference is made for a complete statement of facts and contentions. 355 A.2d 373 (1974). Briefly, the Court concluded that...

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