Maggrath v. Church
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action on a policy of insurance, in which, on a special verdidt, the following facts were found. u That Le Roy, Bayard and MfEvers, of New-York, as agents for the plaintiffs, who were merchants in Madeira, by a policy of assurance, datéd' the I Oth of September, 1798, insured 5414 bushels of Indian corn, 4000 pipe staves, 4000 hogshead staves, and 2500 quarter cask staves, from New-York to Madeira, on board the snow Ann and Mary, Peter Murphy, commander.
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THIS was an action on a policy of insurance, in which, on a special verdidt, the following facts were found. u That Le Roy, Bayard and MfEvers, of New-York, as agents for the plaintiffs, who were merchants in Madeira, by a policy of assurance, datéd' the I Oth of September, 1798, insured 5414 bushels of Indian corn, 4000 pipe staves, 4000 hogshead staves, and 2500 quarter cask staves, from New-York to Madeira, on board the snow Ann and Mary, Peter Murphy, commander. That the prime cost of the corn was 2982 dolls. 98 cts. of the pipe staves, 170 dolls. 31 cts. of the hogshead staves, 95 dolls.…
1Opinion of the Court
Pendleton contra.
Before it can be - known whether the case which was argued on a former occasion is not the *203game as that now before the court, they will advert to it.. If they will only take a short review of it, they will perceive that now agitated presents the very same subjedb as to the right to abandon, with some slight differences, and a trifling variation in the arguments and points. The special verdict of this day, only states the abandonment to be a little earlier, and in all other respects the testimony is totally alike. The defendant contends, that this is not such a case of total…
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