The Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria v. James Young

9 U.S. 187

5 Cranch 187

3 L.Ed. 74

THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALEXANDRIA

v.

JAMES YOUNG.

February Term, 1809

ERROR to the circuit court of the district of Columbia, sitting at Alexandria, in an action of covenant, brought by the defendant in error upon a policy of insurance under the corporate seal of the plaintiffs in error.

The point in issue, in the court below, was, whether the insured, on the 11th of December, 1800, when he wrote his order for insurance, had notice of a storm which happened at Jamaica, on the 2d of November, 1800.

Part of the evidence offered to the jury was the deposition…