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