Krumbhaar v. Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an action of covenant upon .two policies of insurance; one dated October 11th, 1810, on 832 bags of ginger, valued at 6500 dollars, on board the ship Union, at and from Philadelphia to Gottenburg and another port; warranted free from loss occasioned by seizure in port, or by illicit or prohibited trade : The other, of the same date, on ^ bags and one barrel of coffee, valued at 1300 dollars on board the same ship., for the same voyage and with the same warranty.
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THIS was an action of covenant upon .two policies of insurance; one dated October 11th, 1810, on 832 bags of ginger, valued at 6500 dollars, on board the ship Union, at and from Philadelphia to Gottenburg and another port; warranted free from loss occasioned by seizure in port, or by illicit or prohibited trade : The other, of the same date, on ^ bags and one barrel of coffee, valued at 1300 dollars on board the same ship., for the same voyage and with the same warranty. The plaintiff declared upon a voyage at and from Philadelphia to Gottenburg and another port, viz. Eckenforde, and averred…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action on two policies of insurance on goods, shipped by the plaintiff in the ship Union, on a voyage from Philadelphia to Gottenburg and another port; warranted by the assured free from damage in consequence of seizure for illicit trade or seizure in port. The ship arrived with her cargo at Gottenburg, where permission to land the cargo was refused, in consequence of a decree of the king of Sweden, prohibiting the importation of colonial produce in neutral bottoms. At Gottenburg the captain received information of a similar decree of the king of Denmark, and…
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- Schmidt v. United InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1806
- Morgan v. the Insurance Company of North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1806
- Ferguson v. Phœnix InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1813