The Patapsco Insurance Company v. Southgate
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of Maryland. The defendants in error instituted an action against the Patapsco Insurance Company, in the circuit court of Maryland, on a policy of insurance on the schooner Frances, Seaward, master, from Curagoa or a port of departure in the West Indies, or on the main, to a port in the United States.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Maryland. The defendants in error instituted an action against the Patapsco Insurance Company, in the circuit court of Maryland, on a policy of insurance on the schooner Frances, Seaward, master, from Curagoa or a port of departure in the West Indies, or on the main, to a port in the United States. On her voyage from Carthagena to Norfolk, the Frances encountered a severe gale, and sustained such injuries as made it necessary for her, after two days, to put back to Carthagena; on entering that port, she struck several times on a sand bar; and on examination, it…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — This case is brought here on a writ of error to the circuit court of the United States for the Maryland district. The action is on a policy of insurance, dated the 20th March 1824, upon the schooner Frances, Seaward, master, valued at $2500, lost or not lost, on a voyage from Curagoa, or a port of departure in the West Indies, or on the main, to a port in the United States. The schooner sailed from Norfolk, on the outward voyage, in January 1824, and arrived and remained at Currgoa six or seven days, and proceeded thence to Carthagena,…
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