French v. Reed & Forde
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
THIS was an action on the case against the defendants, for not executing the plaintiff’s order for insurance. The Narr contained two counts: The first stated, that the plaintiff being owner of goods to the value.of 20,000 dollars on board the brig Hiram, at Reedy Island, bound to the island of Hispaniola and two ports of that island, the defendants at the request of the plaintiff, and in consideration of the plaintiff’s promising to pay them a reasonable reward and…
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THIS was an action on the case against the defendants, for not executing the plaintiff’s order for insurance. The Narr contained two counts: The first stated, that the plaintiff being owner of goods to the value.of 20,000 dollars on board the brig Hiram, at Reedy Island, bound to the island of Hispaniola and two ports of that island, the defendants at the request of the plaintiff, and in consideration of the plaintiff’s promising to pay them a reasonable reward and commission, undertook to procure insurance to be made as aforesaid; that the said brig proceeded to Cape Franpois, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action for not executing the plaintiff’s order, to have an insurance effected, or rather for executing the order differently from the plaintiff’s direction. The order was to effect insurance from Philadelphia to the island of St. Domingo, and two ports in the said island. The defendants had an insurance made to one port only, and the vessel and cargo were captured on the voyage from the first port where she arrived in safety, to the second. The plaintiff wrote the order at Reedy Island., when he was just on the point of sailing for St. Domingo, so that there was no…
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