Garrison v. Memphis Insurance Company
Supreme Court of the United States
. This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri, sitting in' equity. ■ The bill was filed by the Memphis Insurance Company, a corporation created by the laws of Tennessee, and whose stockholders were citizens thereof, against the owners of the steamboat Convoy. In February, 1849, they received on board of their boat a large amount' of cotton, to he carried from Memphis to New Orleans.
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. This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri, sitting in' equity. ■ The bill was filed by the Memphis Insurance Company, a corporation created by the laws of Tennessee, and whose stockholders were citizens thereof, against the owners of the steamboat Convoy. In February, 1849, they received on board of their boat a large amount' of cotton, to he carried from Memphis to New Orleans. The boat and cargo were destroyed by fire on the downward voyage, without any fault or negligence of the owners, their agents, or servants. The insurance…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
Tbe appellee filed a bill in tbe Circuit Court against tbe appellants, tbe owners of tbe steamboat Convoy, a vessel formerly employed in tbe navigation of tbe Mississippi river, and wbicb, in 1849, was consumed by fire, with a cargo of cotton.
Tbe appellee is an insurance corporation of Memphis, Ten- • nessee, and insured eleven hundred and fifty-two bales of tbe cotton belonging to this cargo from loss by fire; this insurance was effected upon fifteen distinct parcels, and shipped mostly from Teunessee to a number of consignees in New Orleans. Tbe- company adjusted tbe losses with the assured…
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