Buck & Hedrick v. Chesapeake Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case came before the Court, upon a division of opinion of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland.
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THIS case came before the Court, upon a division of opinion of the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland. The action was brought upon two policies of insurance, upon a cargo of sugar, on board the. brig Columbia, in the naine of the plaintiffs, for the use of Daniel Fitch ; who was an American citizen, a sea captain, sailing out of the port of Baltimore, and[ the owner and commander of the Columbia; and of Gregorio Medina, of Ponce, in the island of Porto Rico. The plaintiffs were the agents of Daniel Fitch; and, by two distinct orders, under different…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Johnson delivered
the opinion of the Court—
This cause comes up from the Circuit Court, for the Mary-, land District, on a difference of opinion.
The suit below; - was instituted on two policies .of insurance, the one .for 6000 dollars, the. other for 2000 dollars, upon the brig Columbia,'Dániel-Fitch master,, at and from the Spanish island of Porto Rico to Baltimore, for whom it may concern. Buck & • Hedrick were the agents’ of. Fitch, and the policies were made ;in .their name. The first policy was executed on the 6th of May, 1.822, and stands unimpeached by any circumstances…
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