Marine Ins. Co. of Alexandria v. Hodgson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of the district of .Co1 lnmk:„ U-imDia* former judgment of the court below in’ this cause, in favour of the now plaintiffs in error,' having been* reversed in this court, and the cause sent back for the trial of’ th'e issues o( fact,* the plaintiffs in error,, before the cause could be regularly called for trialaccording to the rules and practice of the court, moved the court below' for' Ieavé 'to amend the pleadings by adding' to the former,…
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ERROR to the circuit court of the district of .Co1 lnmk:„ U-imDia* former judgment of the court below in’ this cause, in favour of the now plaintiffs in error,' having been* reversed in this court, and the cause sent back for the trial of’ th'e issues o( fact,* the plaintiffs in error,, before the cause could be regularly called for trialaccording to the rules and practice of the court, moved the court below' for' Ieavé 'to amend the pleadings by adding' to the former, .eight pleas, a ninth and a tenth plea, in the words ’following : 9th plea. And the said defendants, by their attorney…
1Opinion of the CourtLivingston, J.
This is an action of covenant, ' on a policy of insurance, to which the defendants pleaded, 1. That they had performed all things which, by the policy,, they W.ere bound to perform; 2. That the vessel insured was not -captured and condemned -as in the declaration is mentioned; and, 5. That the vessel insured was not seaworthy: on which pleas is s ues, vv'e taken by ¡the plaintiff.
There were, also, five special pleas, to which there, were demurrers, all of which were allowed by the circuit court, except the one to the sixth plea, which, on a writ of error to this court, heretofore .brought,…
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