Western Assurance Co. v. Chesapeake Lighterage & Towing Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered against the appellant, in favor of the appellee, on a policy of marine insurance on a cargo of corn. The case was previously before this Court on the appeal of the Towing Company, when the judgment was reversed and a new trial awarded. Towing Co. v. Assurance Co., 99 Md. 433. Originally the declaration contained the common counts and a special count on the insurance policy, numbered 7. Before the second trial a new seventh and an eighth count were filed. The seventh alleges that the plaintiff (appellee) was engaged in the business of carrying…