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STANDARD OIL CO. v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

59 F.Supp. 470 (1945)

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW JERSEY et al. v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 31, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Ira A. Campbell, Edwin S. Murphy, and Helen C. Cunningham, all of New York City, of counsel), for libelants.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, of New York City (Oscar R. Houston, and Ezra G. Benedict Fox, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

HULBERT, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty upon a certificate of marine insurance.

The case is apparently the first to come up, at least in the Second Circuit, since the outbreak of World War II, presenting for interpretation a F. C. & S. Clause (Free of Capture, Seizure, etc.) and also the scope and effect of the "Held Covered" Clause.

There is no substantial dispute as to the facts, which are found to be as follows:

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