Croudson v. Leonard
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, in an action on a policy of insurance on the cargo of the brig Fame, on a voyage from Alexandria, to, at and from Barbadoes, and four other ports in the West Indies, and back to Alexandria, the vessel and cargo warranted American property.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, in an action on a policy of insurance on the cargo of the brig Fame, on a voyage from Alexandria, to, at and from Barbadoes, and four other ports in the West Indies, and back to Alexandria, the vessel and cargo warranted American property. The vessel arrived at Barbadoes, and sailed from thence for Antigua, but on her voyage to that island, was captured by a British vessel, and carried into Barbadoes, and there condemned in the vice-admiralty court, for attempting to break the blockade of Martinique. The jury found a special verdict,…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The action below was instituted on a policy of insurance. On behalf of the insurers, it was contended, that the policy was forfeited by committing a breach of blockade.
It is not, and cannot be made a question, that this is one of those acts which will exonerate the underwriters from their liability. The only point below was relative to the evidence upon which the commission of *the act may be substantiated. A sentence of a British prize court in L Barbadoes was given in evidence, by which it appeared, that the vessel was condemned for attempting to commit a breach of blockade. It is the…
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