Jackson Co. v. Boylston Mutual Insurance

This is an action on a policy of insurance, by which the defendant insured the plaintiff on cotton in transit' between ports and places in the United States and the plaintiff’s-mills in New Hampshire. The cotton was bought by one Ivy, as broker for the plaintiff, and was shipped by him by the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company and connecting lines. It was in two lots, and Ivy, attaching the two railroad receipts to a draft, drew on the plaintiff for the amount of the purchases. The draft, with the railroad receipts attached, was received by the plaintiff’s treasurer on October 17, 1883,…