Thurston v. Koch

4 U.S. 348 (____)

4 Dall. 348

Thurston

versus

Koch.

Supreme Court of United States.

Condy, for the plaintiff, and Ingersoll, for the defendant.

PATERSON, Justice.

The case before the Court is that of a double insurance; and the question is, whether the insurers shall contribute rateably, or shall pay according to priority of contract, until the insured be satisfied to the amount of his loss. The law on this subject, is different in different nations of Europe, owing to the diversity of local ordinances, which have been made to regulate commercial transactions. By the ordinance of one country, the…