Wolf & Pretto v. National Marine & Fire Insurance

This suit is brought on a policy of insurance, by which the plaintiffs allege that the defendants insured them against loss from the perils of the sea to the extent of four thousand dollars,, upon certain merchandize, worth $35,000, shipped by plaintiffs from Matamoras to New Orleans on the bark Honduras. They aver that the goods so shipped were much damaged, during the voyage, by becoming wet from contact with salt-water. That the loss from this cause amounts to $11,459 07. That the proportional amount of the loss which the Company is bound to them for is $3,274 02.

The defendants specially…