Courtnay v. Mississippi Marine & Fire Ins.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. ArPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUP1CIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on a policy of insurance. The plaintiffs allege, that on the 5th of February, 1836, they contracted with the Mississippi Marine and Fire Insurance Company, according to the terms of a policy that day issued, for the insurance of one hundred and forty-three hogsheads of sugar, of the value of fourteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars, on board the steamer Belfast, bound to…
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Eastern Dist. ArPEAL PROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUP1CIAL DISTRICT. This is an action on a policy of insurance. The plaintiffs allege, that on the 5th of February, 1836, they contracted with the Mississippi Marine and Fire Insurance Company, according to the terms of a policy that day issued, for the insurance of one hundred and forty-three hogsheads of sugar, of the value of fourteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars, on board the steamer Belfast, bound to Louisville, which were to have been laden on the coast, at Fortier’s plantation. That when the steamboat arrived at the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This case comes before us upon several bills of exceptions. The first was taken to the refusal of the judge to admit parole evidence, to prove the engagement of the defendants, to extend the policy of insurance to a second voyage or trip of the steamer Belfast, which was opposed on the ground, that the charter and by-laws of the corporation require the policy or contract to be in writing, signed by the president, and that no parole evidence could' be admitted, to bind the defendants.
The facts alleged as the ground of the action, were, that the plaintiffs contracted with the defendants, by a…
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