Atkinson v. . Great Western Ins. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. (Reported below, 4 Daly, 1.) This action was upon a policy of marine insurance. In January, 1866, the defendant issued to the plaintiffs an open policy of insurance which, at the times of the transactions in this suit, was in force.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict. (Reported below, 4 Daly, 1.) This action was upon a policy of marine insurance. In January, 1866, the defendant issued to the plaintiffs an open policy of insurance which, at the times of the transactions in this suit, was in force. The policy had, among others, the following clauses: “ Do make insurance * * * at and from Columbus and other points and places in the interior of the State of Georgia, via Appalachicola, to…
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The present action is brought upon a policy of insurance upon cotton, from a point in the interior of the State of Georgia to a port in Great Britain. The policy contained a clause insuring against losses occasioned by the "barratry of the master and mariners." Under its terms, 202 bales of cotton were shipped at Augusta, Georgia, to Charleston, S.C., in October, 1866. In November, on arrival at Charleston, 125 bales were transferred to the bark Victoria for Liverpool.
There was a clause in the policy to the effect that "all approved indorsements on the pass-book given by this company under…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Patapsco Insurance v. CoulterSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Parkhurst v. Gloucester Mutual Fishing InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868