Simpson v. Pacific Mut. Ins.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Action at law upon a policy of insurance [by William H. Simpson against the Pacific Mutual Insurance Company). The case was submitted to the court on an agreed statement of facts, the material parts of-which are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPLEY, Circuit Judge.
This suit is against the defendant as underwriter on a policy of insurance upon the ship Live Oak, for a voyage from Cardiff to New Zealand, Callao, Chincha Islands, and thence to Valencia, Spain. The policy was to terminate on the arrival of the ship at Valencia, in the kingdom of Spain, and being at anchor twenty-four hours in safety. Proofs of loss were exhibited to the defendant April 2D, ISliS. Payment is refused, on the ground that the risk had terminated before the ship was lost.
The ship arrived on the seventh day of December, 1807, at the anchorage ground, which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bramhall v. Sun Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870