Legal Opinion

Standard Marine Insurance v. Scottish Metropolitan Assurance Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 13, 1931No. 261PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

^Dreyfus & Co. purchased wheat at $1.38% a bushel, c. i. f. Montreal. The wheat was shipped on the S. S. “ Glenorchy ” from Port Arthur to Montreal by the seller, who had insured it, with respondent, for buyer’s account, at a valuation of $1.42 a bushel, the risk to begin immediately after the loading of the vessel. Dreyfus also effected insurance, with petitioner, covering “ increased value ” of the grain above its c. i. f. cost. That value was stipulated to be the difference between c. i. f. cost and the highest market value per bushel between the day of sailing and the day on which cargo…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. The " Scotland"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  3. Smith v. CondrySupreme Court of the United States · 1843
  4. Patapsco Insurance v. CoulterSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  5. The Vaughan and TelegraphSupreme Court of the United States · 1872

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Chapman v. HoageSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. United States v. South Carolina State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
  3. NATIONAL UN. FIRE INS. CO. v. Anderson-Prichard Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
  4. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Phoenix National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Foremost County Mutual Insurance Company v. The Home Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990

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