Insurance Co. v. Sea
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Sidney Sea sued the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company .upon a policy of insurance.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Sidney Sea sued the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company .upon a policy of insurance. On the trial a jury was waived, and the cause submitted to the court, under the provisions of the act of March 5th, 1865.* The plea was the general issue, with a stipulation by the parties that the defendant might offer anyr and every matter in evidence under it, with the like effect as though such matter had been specially pleaded. There was a general finding for the plaintiff, and judgment accordingly. At the trial a bill of…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
Much protracted litigation attended the settlement of mere questions of practice, under the act passed in 1824,* authorizing the trial of issues of fact by the courts of the United States, with the consent of parties, in Louisiana. To avoid a like experience under the act of 1865, it was deemed important by this court “ to settle the practice under it at an early day with a precision and distinctness that could not be misunderstood,” and to “ require in all cases, where the parties saw fit to avail themselves of the privileges of the act, a…
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