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- Title: Rhinelander v. the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1807
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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THIS was a case certified from the circuit court for the district of Pennsylvania, in which the opinions of the judges of that court were opposed to each other upon the question, whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover upon a case stated, the material facts of which were as follow: The defendants insured 12,500 dollars, on the Freight of the plaintiff's American ship The Manhattan, which had been chartered by Minturn & Champlin, for a voyage from New-York to Batavia, and back to New-York. The freight was valued in the policy at 50,000 dollars. The charter-party contained a covenant that if any dispute should arise between the plaintiff and Minturn & Champlin respecting the freight, the cargo should not be detained by the plaintiff, provided they should give good security to abide by the award of arbitrators, who were to be appointed to settle such dispute. On her homeward voyage, on the 10th of February, 1805, the ship was taken and detained on the high seas by a British armed vessel, and the second mate and 21 of the seamen taken out, and two British officers and 15 seamen put on board, with orders to take her into a British port. The second mate was put on board another vessel, and arrived in New-York on the 26th of February, when he gave the above information to the plaintiff, who, on the 28th of February, communicated it by his letter of abandonment of that date, to the defendants.