Billow v. Western Marine & Fire Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL by the defendants from a judgment of the District Court of the First District, Buchanan J., rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $309 57„ with interest from judicial demand.
1Opinion of the Court
*58The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Slidell, J.
The plaintiff is the assignee of the claim of one Ridgely, who obtained from the defendants a policy for $3,000, on one eighth of the steamer Alton, her body, engine, tackle, &c., said one eighth valued at $4,000; the entire boat, her body, engine, tackle, &c., being valued at $32,000. The insurance was for one year, the boat to navigate the Mississippi river and its tributaries. The premium was $300. By the memorandum it is agreed, “that the steamboat is warranted by the assured free from average under fifteen per cent, unless general;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sage v. Middletown Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1814