Hamblet v. City Ins. Co.

This is a suit upon an alleged contract of insurance on the steam-boat De Smett. The libel presents the case in a twofold aspect; one of its paragraphs alleging that the contract was consummated by 'the issuing of a policy of insurance, and another paragraph stating the cause of action as resting upon an agreement to insure the vessel against marine risks upon the terms usually contained in the defendant’s-policies. The answer, while admitting that an application for insurance upon the De Smett was made to the defendant, and thereupon certain negotiations took place, denies that any contract…