Symonds v. Union Insurance
United States Circuit Court
The plaintiff bad effected, at the office of the defendants, three policies of insurance, dated the 12th of September 1803. The first on the schooner Diana, Nicholas, master, valued at $4500; the second, on the freight of the schooner, valued at $1500, and the third, on her cargo, valued at $4000 ; on a voyage, “at and from New York to Cape Franpois, with liberty to proceed to another port, should Cape Franpois be blockaded, and the vessel prevented entering that port, from…
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The plaintiff bad effected, at the office of the defendants, three policies of insurance, dated the 12th of September 1803. The first on the schooner Diana, Nicholas, master, valued at $4500; the second, on the freight of the schooner, valued at $1500, and the third, on her cargo, valued at $4000 ; on a voyage, “at and from New York to Cape Franpois, with liberty to proceed to another port, should Cape Franpois be blockaded, and the vessel prevented entering that port, from that, or any other cause, and at and from thence, back to New York.” The order for the insurance declared, “that the…
1Opinion of the Court
And The Court, in the charge to the jury, declared the law to be clearly with the plaintiff ; on which, a verdict was found in his favor for the goods and freight, at the value insured, subject to a deduction of the proceeds of the homeward investment.
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- The United States v. CoynghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1802