De Longuemere v. New-York Fire Insurance
New York Supreme Court
_ THIS was an action on a policy of insurance, on the ship dated the 14th of Avgust, 1810, for 2,000 dollars, at premium of 6 per cent, “at and from New-York to the port ®í"scí^ *n the province of Yucatan, with liberty to proceed to one other port in said province, not to the southward of Laguna dc Términos, nor to the eastward of Cape 'Catoche, and back to The cause was tried at the sittings, &S?%New-York” the city of New-York, T J ’ on the 19th of November, 1812, before…
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_ THIS was an action on a policy of insurance, on the ship dated the 14th of Avgust, 1810, for 2,000 dollars, at premium of 6 per cent, “at and from New-York to the port ®í"scí^ *n the province of Yucatan, with liberty to proceed to one other port in said province, not to the southward of Laguna dc Términos, nor to the eastward of Cape 'Catoche, and back to The cause was tried at the sittings, &S?%New-York” the city of New-York, T J ’ on the 19th of November, 1812, before Mr. Justice Spencer, The master of the Etheta deposed, that he sailed from New-011 the voyage insured, the 14 th of…
1Opinion of the Court
Kent, Ch. J.
The principal ground of the motion is, that the place where the ship was lost was not a port, within the meaning of the policy, and that the ship was not in the due prosecution of the voyage when lost. The voyage insured. was from Nerv-York “ to the port of Sisal, in the province of Yucatan, with liberty to proceed to one other port in said province, not to the southward of Laguna de Términos, nor to the eastward of Cape Catoche and back to Nerv-York.” The ship had arrived at Sisal, and had proceeded to Silam, in the province of Yucatan, and within the specified limits, and was…
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