JONES v. Insurance Company of North America

4 U.S. 246 (____)

4 Dall. 246

Jones et al.

versus

The Insurance Company of North-America.

Supreme Court of United States.

Dallas, for the plaintiffs.

Ingersoll, E. Tilghman, and Moylan, for the defendants.

The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court (all the Judges being present) in the charge to the jury.

SHIPPEN, Chief Justice.

There is no direct judicial authority in the books, upon the case now before the Court. The case must, therefore, be decided either upon principle, or upon usage.

The present policy is an insurance upon freight, against the peril of an embargo, as well as…