Stark v. Chesapeake Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the, Circuit Court for the district, of Mar', land, in an action of covenant upon a pblicy of asUurance, j'n'which the. goods- insured were warranted to *>e jfanqrican.pro/mrfy,. u proof of which to. b,e required in “ the United States only.”
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ERROR to the, Circuit Court for the district, of Mar', land, in an action of covenant upon a pblicy of asUurance, j'n'which the. goods- insured were warranted to *>e jfanqrican.pro/mrfy,. u proof of which to. b,e required in “ the United States only.” A loss by capture having taken, place, the Plaintiff offered an abandonment which refused, whereform he brougi.it tiiis action: P*W8 “is citizenship and support the warranty, Iff produced and read at the.trial an exemplification duly ,authenticated, of the record-of his naturalization, in the following,.viz: ^ Al % Court of, common pleas-held at…
1Opinion of the Court
Submitted the question arising in this case without argument to the Court, wild, without giving, a. more particular opinion, pronounced the following judgment :
This cause camd oh to be heard oh the transcript, of the record and was argued by counsel, on consideration whereof, this Court is of opinion that the Circuit Court erred in directing the jury, that the Plaintiff had failed in proving the property, insured under the policy, to bo American property. It is therefore considered by the Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed and aunulled, and the cause remanded to that…
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- Stark v. The Chesapeake Insurance CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1813