Skansi
Globe & Rutgers Fire Ins. v. Skansi
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Wilbur, J.
This is an appeal from a decree reforming a marine insurance policy for $11,300, for one year from date, March 16,1025, issued by appellant, by inserting therein the name of John Skansi as owner of the Companion, a vessel destroyed by fire, in lieu of the A. & P. Products Corporation, and rendering judgment for a loss on the policy so reformed. This insurance was effected through the agency of Wilbur E. Dow & Co., a corporation, and Burgard,, Sargent, Inc., a corporation. The latter acted for and signed the policy on behalf of the appellant insurance company. A charter party having been entered into between the owner, John Skansi, and the A. & P. Products Corporation, whereby the vessel was chartered to the said company from June 1, 1925, to September 15,1925, at a hire of $2,-500, the insurance policy stated the name of the owner to be the A. & P. Produets Corporation, although the appellant was then informed and at all times knew that John Skansi was the owner. On October 19, 1925, John Skansi, the owner of the vessel, informed Wilbur E. Dow & Co., that, as the charter party had expired and as he desired to use the vessel in Alaska waters for fishing, he desired that a proper…