Bell v. Firemen's Insurance

This is an action on a policy of insurance, made on the 5th of September, 1839, by the plaintiff, “ on account of whom it may concern,” lost or not lost, “ on the body, engine, tackle, apparel, and other furniture” of the steam boat called the Bayou Sara, without regard to the name of the master by whom she might be commanded, for the space of twelve months, at a premium of ten per cent. The boat was valued at $20,000, and insurance made for $9000 by the defendants, and for a like sum by another company. The risks insured against were of the sea, river, and fire, and the boat was to navigate…