Caze v. Baltimore Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland in an action of inebitatus assxonvpsit for freight of goods’by the ship Hamilton from Bordeaux to Halifax. In the Court below a case was agreed by the parties, which was in substance as follows.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland in an action of inebitatus assxonvpsit for freight of goods’by the ship Hamilton from Bordeaux to Halifax. In the Court below a case was agreed by the parties, which was in substance as follows. On the 28th of July, 1805, Mr. John Ifucornean,' Bordeaux, the agent of the Plaintiffs, shipped for them, there, on their account,' onboard the ship' Hamilton, which they, were owners, a cargo of the value of g> 22,986 on a voyage from Bordeaux to Mew York where the-Plaintiffs resided. On the voyage she was captured by a British vessel of war and…
1Opinion of the CourtStory, J.
The present action is brought to recover freight pro rata itineris, under the following circumstances:
The Plaintiffs were the owners of the ship Hamilton and cargo, and effected insurance of her cargo on a voyage from Bordeaux to New York. The sum of g 11,000 was underwritten by the Defendants — the sum of g 10,090' at Philadelphia, and the residue of the value of the cargo (gl986,) was left uninsured. During the Voyage the ship and cargo were captured, carried into Halifax, and there condemned. The Plaintiffs abandoned to the underwriters and received payment for a total loss. An appeal from…
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