Oliver v. Greene
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was assumpsit on a policy of insurance, in which the plaintiff demands as for a total loss of the vessel insured.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was afterwards delivered by
Parsons, C. J.
On the facts disclosed by the case, the Court are called upon to determine what insurable interest the plaintiff had in the schooner Hiram, when she was lost, for which he is entitled to recover on this policy.
There is no question as to one moiety of the schooner, which was the absolute property of the plaintiff; the disagreement of the parties is confined to the other moiety, which he hired of Mayberry, a part owner.
It appears from the facts that the plaintiff had hired of Mayberry his moiety for eighteen months; that for the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Locke v. North American InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- Bartlet v. WalterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- Riley v. DelafieldNew York Supreme Court · 1811
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- Seton, Maitland & Co. v. LowNew York Supreme Court · 1799
- Bell v. Western Marine & Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
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