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REPUBLIC OF CHINA v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO.

Nos. 3507, 3508, 3510-3514.

142 F.Supp. 551 (1956)

The REPUBLIC OF CHINA, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, Limited, and The United States of America, Libellants, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, and American International Underwriters, Limited, Respondents.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Admiralty Division.

July 9, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md. (William A. Grimes, Baltimore, Md., of counsel), and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Ronald A. Capone, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for libellants, the Republic of China and China Merchants Steam Nav. Co., Limited.

George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen. of U. S., Civil Division, Leavenworth Colby, Chief Admiralty Section, Dept. of Justice, Thomas F. McGovern, Atty., Admiralty Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Walter E. Black, Jr., U. S. Atty., and James H. Langrall, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for libellant, United States.

Lord, Whip & Coughlan, Baltimore, Md. (George W. P. Whip, Baltimore, Md., of counsel), and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City (Vincent L. Leibell, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for respondents.

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The libel in each of these seven suits was filed by the Republic of China and China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., referred to collectively herein as "Chinese libellants", and by the United States, to recover on policies of marine and war risk insurance issued by respondents. Each policy covered a vessel sold by the United States to the Republic of China during 1946 and 1947, on which the United States received and now holds an hypothecation...

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