Odlin v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
The following case was agreed by the parties, to be considered as a special verdict. The plaintiff caused insurance to he made at the office of the defendants, by a policy dated the 21st of December, 1807, upon the schooner Hazard, valued at 3,500 dollars, for a premium of five per cent, at and from Philadelphia to Havana, prout policies and warranties. The policy was duly sealed by the defendants, the premium paid by the plaintiff, and the vessel was American property.
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The following case was agreed by the parties, to be considered as a special verdict. The plaintiff caused insurance to he made at the office of the defendants, by a policy dated the 21st of December, 1807, upon the schooner Hazard, valued at 3,500 dollars, for a premium of five per cent, at and from Philadelphia to Havana, prout policies and warranties. The policy was duly sealed by the defendants, the premium paid by the plaintiff, and the vessel was American property. Tile vessel, with a valuable cargo on board, cleared out at the custom-house of Philadelphia on the 21st of December, 1807,…
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Justice.
The question is, whether an embargo, imposed by the government to which the insurer and insured belong, subsequently to the commencement of the risk, furnishes a legal ground of abandonment? The question is thus generally stated, because it will he necessary to inquire — First, whether such an *584obstruction is within the perils of “arrest, restraint, and detainment, of princes, &c.;” and secondly, whether, if comprehended within those expressions, such a contract be repugnant to any principle of law? It is admitted, that this precise case has never received a…
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