Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. v. Boston Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This was an action upon a policy of insurance, bearing date May 1, 18S3, insuring the steamer Spartan, a Canadian vessel of six hundred and seventy-eight tons burden, from April 1 to November 30, 1883. The plaintiff in error, a Canadian corporation, chartered the Spartan in the spring of 1883 to the Owen Sound Steamship Company, also a Canadian corporation or association, and she was being…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. This was an action upon a policy of insurance, bearing date May 1, 18S3, insuring the steamer Spartan, a Canadian vessel of six hundred and seventy-eight tons burden, from April 1 to November 30, 1883. The plaintiff in error, a Canadian corporation, chartered the Spartan in the spring of 1883 to the Owen Sound Steamship Company, also a Canadian corporation or association, and she was being run by that company on the route between Owen Sound on Georgian Bay, Ontario, to Fort William, Ontario, on the north…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
In Liverpool Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance Co., 129 U. S. 397, 438, it is said: “ Collision or stranding is, doubtless, a peril of the seas; and a policy of insurance against perils of the seas covers a loss by stranding or collision, although arising from the negligence of the master or crew, because the insurer assumes to indemnify the assured against losses from particular perils, and the assured does not Avarrant that his servants shall use due care to avoid them.” But in the case at bar, there is an express exception of all perils and losses occasioned by the want of ordinary care and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- The BelgenlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Waters v. Merchants' Louisville InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Insurance Co. v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
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3Cited by86 opinions
- The New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Belden v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The IrrawaddySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- The MartelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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