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Sansom v. Ball

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 1, 1806PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

4 U.S. 459 (____)

4 Dall. 459

Sansom

versus

Ball.

Supreme Court of United States.

Lewis, Rawle, and J. Sergeant, for the plaintiff.

M'Kean (Attorney-General) and Ingersoll, for the defendant.

TILGHMAN, Chief Justice. In this case two questions have been made:

1st. Had the plaintiff an insurable interest?

2d. If it was insurable, was it liable to a general average?

1st. In order to determine whether the plaintiff's interest was insurable, we must first ascertain the nature of it. It seems to be a kind of interest, not much known in Europe, though well known in this city. The plaintiff advanced a sum of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Underwood v. GreenThe Superior Court of New York City · 1864

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Tilley v. Connecticut Fire Ins.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1890
  2. North British & Mercantile Ins. v. LathropCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1895
  3. New Orleans & South American S. S. Co. v. W. R. Grace & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  4. Eugene Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
  5. Eugene Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958

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