Lee v. Gray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Case upon a policy of insurance upon property on board the ship Meridian, Robert Lord master, from Boston to Rotterdam, or Amsterdam. The policy was dated October 31st, 1807, and was opened for 40,000 dollars, of which the defendant subscribed 5,000 dollars.
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Case upon a policy of insurance upon property on board the ship Meridian, Robert Lord master, from Boston to Rotterdam, or Amsterdam. The policy was dated October 31st, 1807, and was opened for 40,000 dollars, of which the defendant subscribed 5,000 dollars. The plaintiffs declare for a total loss, which they allege as follows: The said ship, with the said property of the plaintiffs laden on board, proceeded on the voyage mentioned in the policy on the first of November, 1807 ; and afterwards, viz. on the 3d day of December following, being at sea, and proceeding on the voyage aforesaid, was…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
(after briefly stating the facts agreed.) The question is, whether the plaintiffs are entitled to recover for. any loss within the policy, which insures against all the usual risks.
As no damage is stated as having happened to the goods insured, the only ground of claim is for a total loss, arising from the loss of *295the voyage insured. It must be admitted that the voyage has been wholly lost; but unless this loss *is from [ * 352 j some peril insured against, the plaintiffs must fail, unless some exception be made with respect to the cotton.
When the master had notice of the British orders, and…
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