Oliver v. Maryland Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland. The case arose upon á policy, of insurance pn the snow Comet, “at and from Baltimore to Bar- “ cclona, and at and from Barcelona back to Balti- ,, more. ‘ She arrived at Barcelona on the 25th of July, 1807, and after remaining forty days under quarantine, went up to the city where she remained until the 8th of January, 1808. She then proceeded to Salon for the priñcipál part of her cargo, which she took in there and…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland. The case arose upon á policy, of insurance pn the snow Comet, “at and from Baltimore to Bar- “ cclona, and at and from Barcelona back to Balti- ,, more. ‘ She arrived at Barcelona on the 25th of July, 1807, and after remaining forty days under quarantine, went up to the city where she remained until the 8th of January, 1808. She then proceeded to Salon for the priñcipál part of her cargo, which she took in there and sailed from thence on" her return voyage to Baltimore on the 28th of January, 1808, and was captured by the British and…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
This was an action brought on a policy insuring the Snow Comet at and from Baltimore to Barcelona and at and from thence back to Baltimore. The Comet arrived at Barcelona on the 25th day of 3 uly, in the yfear 1807, where she was compelled to perform quarantine. On the 28th of November the Comet cleared out from Barcelona for Salou, a port of Catalonia, about sixty miles south of Barcelona, where her return cargo was ready to be taken on board. On the first of December, wlu n in the act of sailing, the officers of the vessel were…
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