Alliance Marine Assurance Co. v. Louisiana State Insurance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The chairman and directors of- the “Alliance Marine Assurance Company ” of London, instituted suit against the “ Louisiana State Insurance Company ” in New-Orleans, for the recovery of an indemnity of two thousand pounds sterling, or eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars eighty-eight cents, on a claim of re-insurance.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The chairman and directors of- the “Alliance Marine Assurance Company ” of London, instituted suit against the “ Louisiana State Insurance Company ” in New-Orleans, for the recovery of an indemnity of two thousand pounds sterling, or eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars eighty-eight cents, on a claim of re-insurance. The plaintiffs allege, that at London, on the 25th of June, 1830, they insured Joseph Smith & Son on three hundred and twenty-three bales of cotton, shipped on board the ship Aurora, at and from New-Orleans to…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
This suit is brought to recover from the defendants, eight thousand eight hundred, and eighty-eight dollars, eighty-eight cents, which the plaintiffs allege tobe owing to them on account of having paid that amount to certain persons styled Joseph Smith & Son, in consequence of a marine policy of assurance, by them subscribed, in favor of said Smith & Son, on the 24th day of August, 1830, in the city of London, &c. They obtained judgment in the court below, from which the defendants appealed.
The facts of the case are the following: Insurance was effected by Smith & Son, on merchandise to be…
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