Straas v. Marine Ins. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Covenant on a policy upon the brig Hope, whereby the defendant, in consideration of a premium of seventeen and an half per cent, “paid by W. Hodgson for G. F. Straas and others, of Richmond,” insured eight thousand dollars on the brig Hope, a prize vessel, at and from her last port of lading in St Domingo, to a port of discharge in the Chesapeake, valued at ten thousand dollars. The loss was stated to be by capture by British vessels, and condemned in Jamaica.
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Covenant on a policy upon the brig Hope, whereby the defendant, in consideration of a premium of seventeen and an half per cent, “paid by W. Hodgson for G. F. Straas and others, of Richmond,” insured eight thousand dollars on the brig Hope, a prize vessel, at and from her last port of lading in St Domingo, to a port of discharge in the Chesapeake, valued at ten thousand dollars. The loss was stated to be by capture by British vessels, and condemned in Jamaica. Issue was joined on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 7th, and 8th pleas, and demurrer to the 4th, 5th, and 6th. The 4th plea was, that to induce the…
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT (DUCKETT, Circuit Judge, absent)
refused to give .the instruction last prayed by Mr. Swann, and the plaintiff became nonsuit. See Hodgson v. Marine Ins. Co. of Alexandria [Case No. 6,567).
2Cited by1 opinion
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