The Chesapeake Insurance Company v. Stark
Supreme Court of the United States
'ERROR to the circuit court of the district pf Maryland, in an action oí covenant upon a policy of insurance uPon goods on board the ship Minerva, from Philadelphia to Laguira, and back to Philadelphia. i . . r , . „ I he cause was tried upon the issue of non mfregit conventionem, and the jury found a special verdict, Stating the following facts : On the 5th of March* 1807, Christian Dannenberg, as agent of the plaintiff,' who was a citizen of Pcnnsylvania’ shipped for…
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'ERROR to the circuit court of the district pf Maryland, in an action oí covenant upon a policy of insurance uPon goods on board the ship Minerva, from Philadelphia to Laguira, and back to Philadelphia. i . . r , . „ I he cause was tried upon the issue of non mfregit conventionem, and the jury found a special verdict, Stating the following facts : On the 5th of March* 1807, Christian Dannenberg, as agent of the plaintiff,' who was a citizen of Pcnnsylvania’ shipped for Laguira, on account, and at the sole risk, of the plaintiff, sundry goods, beifig American P^prrty, and regularly documented…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court as follows:
On the principal question in this case the cpurt can entertain no doubt.' On the capture of the'Minerva, the right to abandon was complete, and this right was exercised during her detention.
The objections to the form of .the abandonment are not 'deemed substantial. The agent who made the insurance might certainly be crt dited, and, in transactions of this kind, always is credited, when he declares that, by the order of his principal,' he abandons to the underwriters. In this case, the jury find .that the abandonment was made for…
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