Alsop v. Commercial Ins. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
At law. Action upon a policy of insurance, underwritten by the defendants, dated the 19th of August, 1S31, whereby the plaintiff by his agent, Zebedee Cook, Jr., was insured- “ten thousand dollars on profits on merchandise on board the brig Leonora, at and from Callao to Baltimore, free of average and salvage, and the policy to be the only proof of interest required,” at a premium of one and a half per cent., the profits being valued at $20,000. There were shipped on board…
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At law. Action upon a policy of insurance, underwritten by the defendants, dated the 19th of August, 1S31, whereby the plaintiff by his agent, Zebedee Cook, Jr., was insured- “ten thousand dollars on profits on merchandise on board the brig Leonora, at and from Callao to Baltimore, free of average and salvage, and the policy to be the only proof of interest required,” at a premium of one and a half per cent., the profits being valued at $20,000. There were shipped on board the Leonora at Callao, for the account of the plaintiff, bullion of the invoice value of $11,821, and California hides of…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This case has been argued upon a motion for a new trial, for reasons stated in the written application to the court, upon which I have no more to observe, than that it is not to be taken for granted, that they present a full and accurate view of the whole case, or of the principles of law involved in the charge of the court. They are to be taken merely as suggestions, which, according to the practice of this court, counsel are authorized to make for the purpose of bringing the matter in review before the court. If there has been any material mistake in point of law,…
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