Orient Insurance v. Adams
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an action to recover on a policy of marine insurance. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This writ of error brings up for review a judgment against the Orient Mutual Insurance Company of New York upon a policy whereby that company insured the defendants in error in the sum of five thousand dollars, on the steamer Alice, of the agreed valuation of $27,000, against perils “ of the seas, lakes, rivers, canals, fires, and jettisons that should come to the damage of said vessel or any part thereof.”
The policy provided, among other things, that the company should be free from all claim for loss or damage “ arising from or caused by . . . barratry, ... or occasioned by the bursting of…
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