Case No. 17,019.

VOWELL et al. v. COLUMBIAN INS. CO.

[3 Cranch, C. C. 83.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

April Term, 1827.

GENERAL AVERAGE.

The charges of entering a harbor for repairs, the surveyor's bill, and port charges, are items of general average, and are the subject of general contribution.

Case [by Thomas Vowell and others] on policy of schooner Mary, valued at $1500, for six months from the 29th June, 1824.

The question for the court was whether the charges of entering the harbor to make the repairs, the surveyor's bill, and port charges, are items of general average, or are a part of the loss, for which the defendants are liable under the policy. Phil. Ins. 346, c. 15, § 4.

THE COURT (nem. con.) was of opinion that those charges were the subject of general contribution.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.)

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