Case Name: Thomas Vowell, et al. v. The Columbian Insurance Company
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1827-04
Citations: 3 Cranch 83
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas Vowell, et al. v. The Columbian Insurance Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 83–84

Head Matter:
Thomas Vowell, et al. v. The Columbian Insurance Company.
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. i n
Case, on policy of schooner Mary, valued at f1500, 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. Phillips on Insurance, 346, c. 15, § 4.

Opinion:
The Court (nem. con.) was of opinion that those charges were the subject of general contribution. -