Columbian Insurance Co. of Alexandria v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a wr,it of error to the circuit court of the county of Alexandria in the district of Columbia. The action was brought, originally, by Lawrence & Poindexter, on a policy of insurance for .$¡7000 against fire on a mill.
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THIS was a wr,it of error to the circuit court of the county of Alexandria in the district of Columbia. The action was brought, originally, by Lawrence & Poindexter, on a policy of insurance for .$¡7000 against fire on a mill. The declaration, after setting out the contract of insurance, avers that the plaintiffs “were interested in ánd the’ equitable owners of the insured premises at the time the insurance was made.’* After - stating' the loss by' fire on the 14th February 1824, as within the' policy, there is the following averment: “ of which said loss, together with the proofs thereof in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This writ of error is brought to a judgment of the court of the United States, for the district of Columbia, sitting in the county of Alexandria; which was rendered in a cause in which Joseph Lawrence, survivor of Lawrence &. Poin-dextér, was plaintiff, and the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria were defendants.
The suit was brought on a policy insuring a mill, stated in the representation and in the policy, to belong to Lawrence & Poindexter, the assured. Pending the suit, Poin-dexter died; and the suit was continued and tried i» 4he name of Lawrence the survivor. The verdict and…
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