Long Dock Mills & Elevator Co. v. Mannheim Ins.

Citations

• 123 F. 861
• 59 C.C.A. 668
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4037

Syllabus

<p>L Marine Insurance—Cause oe Loss—Evidence Considered.</p> <p>Evidence considered, in an action on a policy of marine insurance, and held insufficient to establish the claim of libelant that the filling and sinking of a canal boat, which was old and in bad condition, while she lay at a dock, and a few hours after she had been loaded with a heavy deck cargo, was due to the piercing of her hull by a broken pile as she sank with the ebb tide, or from any cause other than her inherent weakness and unseaworthy condition. ■</p>