Peters v. Warren Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Massachusetts. • This'was a case on a. policy of insurance, dated the 1st of April, 1836, whereby the defendants insured the plaintiffs, for whom it may concern, payable to them,, eight thousand dollars on the ship Paragon, for. the term of'one year; commencing the risk on the 15th day of March, 1836, at noon, at a premium of five per cent.
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ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Massachusetts. • This'was a case on a. policy of insurance, dated the 1st of April, 1836, whereby the defendants insured the plaintiffs, for whom it may concern, payable to them,, eight thousand dollars on the ship Paragon, for. the term of'one year; commencing the risk on the 15th day of March, 1836, at noon, at a premium of five per cent. The declaration alleged a loss by collision with another vessel, without any,fault of the master or crew of the Paragon.; and also insisted on a general average…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
delivered the'opinion of the Court.
■■This is the case of a division of opinion, certified to this Court by the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts.
■ The defendant, .by a policy of insurance, dated the 1st of April, 1.836, insured the plaintiffs, for whom it may c'oncern, payable to them, eight thousand dollars, on the ship Paragon, for the term of one year, commencing the risk on the 13th of .March, 1836, at noon, at five per cent. The policy contained the usual risks, and among others, that of perils of the sea. The declaration alleged a loss, by collision with…
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