Richards v. Louisiana Insurance Co.

The only question in this case, as to J 1 7 the liability of the insurers, arises from the r 7 state of the brig insured, at the time of i ts de- ° ■ parture from the port of New-Orleans, on the inten%d voyage. It is a question of fact, relating to the sea-worthiness of the vessel, The cause was submitted to a jury in the court below, Who, on the testimony offered to them, found a verdict for the plaiptUfs. There was a motion for a new trial, which *282the total unfitness for sea of the brig, at the commencement of the voyage, and consequent discharge of the under-writers, caused by a breach of…