Tweedie Trading Co. v. Western Assur. Co.

Citations

• 168 F. 962
• 1909 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 374

Syllabus

<p>Insurance (§§ 159, 415, 489*) — Marine Insurance — Shipment oj? Cattle —Insurance Subject of Bill of Lading — Deviation op Route — “Un-seaworthy.”</p> <p>Insurance on freight on cattle shipped from New Orleans to Cape Town, South Africa. Loss en route by mortality said to have been due to improper food furnished by the shippers. It appeared that the food supplied was ample in quantity, and of a quality the animals were accustomed to on the ranges from which they were taken. It was approved by competent experts in New Orleans. Held, that as the insurance was against mortality generally, the underwriters were liable notwithstanding the unusual number of deaths, due, perhaps, to a deficiency in kinds of fodder supplied. Vessel not unseaworthy for such reason. Bill of lading freight the subject of insurance and held recoverable. A deviation eñ route to Barbados held justified by a mutiny among the cattle men and the expenses thereof recoverable from the underwriters.</p> <p>TEd. Note. — For other cases, see Insurance, Cent. Dig. §§ 1111, 1255; Dec. Dig. §§ 159, 415, 489.*</p> <p>For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 8, p. 7210.]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Judge.)</p>