Wadsworth v. Pacific Insurance
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Error from the supreme court. The action in the supreme court was on a policy of insurance on the cargo of the brig American from Rio Grande to New-York, there to be safely landed. The policy contained the usual memorandum, warranting skins and hides,
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinions were delivered:
By the Chancellor.
The first point made on the part of the defendant is that the policy did not cover the hides on the deck of the lighter. It is a general principle that a policy does not cover goods laden upon the deck of a vessel, unless there be a special provision in the policy to that effect ; it not being in the usual course of trade, a jettison of goods thus carried cannot be brought into an adjustment of general average. But that principle has no application to this case. The underwriter is bound to know the general course of trade in relation to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Biays v. Chesapeake InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
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