Stark v. The Chesapeake Insurance Company

11 U.S. 420

7 Cranch 420

3 L.Ed. 391

STARK

v.

THE CHESAPEAKE INSURANCE COMPANY.

March 8, 1813

Absent. WASHINGTON, J. TODD, J. & DUVALL, J.

1

ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland, in an action of covenant upon a policy of assurance, in which the goods insured were warranted to be American property, 'proof of which to be required in 'the United States only.' A loss by capture having taken place, the Plaintiff offered an abandonment which was refused, wherefore he brought this action:

2

To prove his citizenship and support the warranty, he produced and read at the trial an…