Leeds v. Marine Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. This was a suit in Equity, commenced in the Court below by the respondents against the appellants, in which the injunction obtained on the filing of the bill was made perpetual. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Johnson
This case involves a great many questions both of law and fact, but we will consider it as it is affected by those circumstances, concerning which there is no dispute.
Leeds and Straas befog engaged in commercial enterprizes, Straas employed Hodgson to effect insurance on the Sophia and her cargo. A nóte of Hodg-son, with Patton and Dykes as endorsers, is taken for the premium. Another adventure on the brig Hope, grows out of the first, on the Sophia ; and the same agent, at the request of the same principal, effects insurance upon this also, with the same Company. The Sophia arrives in…
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