Merchants Insurance Co. v. Edmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action on the case, brought in February, 1863, in the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, by Edmond, Davenport & Co. against the Merchants Insurance Company upon a policy of insurance. The defendants pleaded the general issue; and the parties agreed the facts, and submitted the case to the decision of the court.
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This was an action on the case, brought in February, 1863, in the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, by Edmond, Davenport & Co. against the Merchants Insurance Company upon a policy of insurance. The defendants pleaded the general issue; and the parties agreed the facts, and submitted the case to the decision of the court. The facts as agreed are substantially as follows : For many years previous to the 20th of December, *1860, there had existed an active trade in coffee between Rio de Janeiro and the city of Richmond, and other Atlantic ports of the United States. In this trade the…
1Opinion of the CourtRives, J.
This action was brought upon a policy of marine insurance, whereby the appellees procured of the appellants an insurance of fifteen thousand dollars upon a certain cargo of the Sally Magee, at a premium of one and a quarter per cent. The policy bears date on the 24th of December, 1860, when the underwriters and insured were alike citizens of Virginia and of the United States. The barque Sally Magee was owned by citizens of Virginia, and as such also citizens of the United States, and was duly registered in the United States custom house for the port of Richmond. On the 10th day of May, 1861,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Winslow v. PrinceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
- Wood v. New England Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1817
- Lee v. BoardmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Odlin v. Insurance Co. of PennsylvaniaU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania · 1808
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