Junior v. Mercantile Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit on a policy of insurance, made on the 17th of September, 1825, by which the defendants assured for the plaintiff, for whom it might concern, 3600 dollars on the brig Joseph and appurtenances, for the term of six months from the 20th of the same September. The first count alleged the insurance to have been made for the benefit of the plaintiff, William Bright and Joshua Seaver, one quarter for each, and one quarter for Porter & Greene.
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Assumpsit on a policy of insurance, made on the 17th of September, 1825, by which the defendants assured for the plaintiff, for whom it might concern, 3600 dollars on the brig Joseph and appurtenances, for the term of six months from the 20th of the same September. The first count alleged the insurance to have been made for the benefit of the plaintiff, William Bright and Joshua Seaver, one quarter for each, and one quarter for Porter & Greene. The third alleged it to have been made for the benefit of Seaver, and that he was interested to the whole amount insured upon the vessel. The ninth…
1Opinion of the Court
Morton J.
delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an action of assumpsit on a policy of insurance upon the brig *202Joseph for six months. The loss within that time by a peril insured against, and a reasonable notice and offer to abandon, are admitted.
The plaintiff procured the insurance to be made in his own name, for whom it might concern, and now alleges that it was made for the account and benefit of himself and three others, each of whom he avers was owner of one quarter part at the time of the loss as well as at the date of the policy.
It is agreed by the defendants, that the several…
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