Stanton v. Delaware Mutual Insurance

By the Court.

This is a suit on a policy of insurance on a vessel claiming for a total loss, or in a certain alternative, for a partial loss. There was as it is alleged, a technical, but not an absolute total loss. No answer has been put in. The defendants present a petition for a discovery, to enable the party to answer, which presents the question, whether this proceeding to compel a discovery under the revised statutes, is not repealed by the provision on that subject in the code 'l

We have looked into the subject, and will state our conclusion. The practice under the rules of the old…