Hughes v. Union Insurance Co. of Baltimore
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Maryland. This was an action of debt, upon a policy of insurance, in the usual form, dated on the 27th of May 1807, on the ship Henry, “ lost or not lost,” “at and from Teneriffe to Havana, and at and from thence to Hew York, with liberty to stop at Matanzas$18,000 were insured on the ship, valued at that sum, and $2000 on the freight, valued at $12,000 ; and the property was warranted American.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Maryland. This was an action of debt, upon a policy of insurance, in the usual form, dated on the 27th of May 1807, on the ship Henry, “ lost or not lost,” “at and from Teneriffe to Havana, and at and from thence to Hew York, with liberty to stop at Matanzas$18,000 were insured on the ship, valued at that sum, and $2000 on the freight, valued at $12,000 ; and the property was warranted American. On the 1st of June, in the same year, a policy was executed on the freight of the ship Henry, bjr the same company, for the same voyage, to the amount of $10,000 ; the…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — This suit was instituted on a policy of insurance on the ship Henry, and on the freight to be earned by her, on a voyage from Teneriffe to Havana, and thence to Hew York: $18,000 on the ship, and $2000 *on were insured in this policy; and another sum of $10,000 on the freight, was insured in a distinct policy, by the same-company. At the trial, the defendants prayed certain instructions to the jury, which the court gave, and added a further instruction in their favor, in pursuance of which, the jury found for the defendants below. The…
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