Columbian Insurance Company v. Ashby and Stribling
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR from the circuit court of the county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia. This was an action on the case brought by Ashby and Stribling against the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria, on a policy of insurance on the brig Hope, on a voyage from Alexandria, to and at Barbadoes and back to the United States ; the vessel valued at three thousand dollars, and the sum insured being one thousand dollars.
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ERROR from the circuit court of the county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia. This was an action on the case brought by Ashby and Stribling against the Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria, on a policy of insurance on the brig Hope, on a voyage from Alexandria, to and at Barbadoes and back to the United States ; the vessel valued at three thousand dollars, and the sum insured being one thousand dollars. The loss was stated to be, “ that while the vessel was proceeding on her voyage, and before her arrival at Barbadoes, she was, by-storm and peril of the sea, sunk, and wholly…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This case comes up on a writ of error to the circuit court of the district of Columbia for the county of Alexandria.
It is an action upon a policy of insurance bearing date the 28th of. May 1825, on. the brig Hope, on a voyage from Alexandria to Barbadoes, and back to a port in the United States. The vessel is valued at three, thousand- dollars, and the sum insured is one thousand dollars.
The loss as alleged in the declaration is, that the vessel, whilst proceeding on her voyage, and before her arrival at Barbadoes, was by storm and peril of the seas sunk and wholly lost to the plaintiffs. '…
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