Palmer v. Warren Ins. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Assumpsit on a policy of' insurance. The case came before the court upon an agreed statement of facts to the following effect: The plaintiff, on the 1st day of May, 1839, procured a policy of insurance to be underwritten by the defendants, viz.: “Twothou-sand dollars, on one half of the brig Spy, for the term of one year from this 1st day of May, 1839, at noon, excluding during the term all ports and places in Mexico and Texas, also the West Indies from July 15th to October…
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Assumpsit on a policy of' insurance. The case came before the court upon an agreed statement of facts to the following effect: The plaintiff, on the 1st day of May, 1839, procured a policy of insurance to be underwritten by the defendants, viz.: “Twothou-sand dollars, on one half of the brig Spy, for the term of one year from this 1st day of May, 1839, at noon, excluding during the term all ports and places in Mexico and Texas, also the West Indies from July 15th to October lqth, 1839, each at noon; the brig valued at $4,500, at a premium of 11 per cent., to add one half per cent, each…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The questions Involved in the argument of the present case are of considerable novelty, and certainly are not unattended with difficulty. The policy is upon the brig Spy, for a year, “excluding during the term all ports and places in Mexico and Texas, also the West Indies from July 15th to - October 15th, 1839, each at noon.” During the year 1839, the vessel performed a voyage from Boston to St. Joseph’s (Florida), and from thence to the Havana, and thence to New York. On the 12th of September, 1839, she sailed on a voyage from New York to St. Jago de Cuba, arrived…
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