Case Name: VOWELL et al. v. COLUMBIAN INS. CO.
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1827-04
Citations: 28 F. Cas. 1306
Docket Number: 
Parties: VOWELL et al. v. COLUMBIAN INS. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 28
Pages: 1306–1306

Head Matter:
Case. No. 17,019.
VOWELL et al. v. COLUMBIAN INS. CO.
(3 Cranch, C. C. 83.]
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.

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