A System of the Law of Marine Insurances: With Three Chapters on Bottomry, on Insurances on Lives, and on Insurances Against FireThomas and Andrews, David West, and John West, sold at their several bookstores, 1799 - 570 pages |
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action affured alſo anſwer aſſured barratry becauſe bottomry cafe captain capture cargo caſe cauſe CHAP circumſtance clauſe commerce confideration confidered conſequence conſtruction contract convoy counſel courſe court damage deciſion declared defendant deſign deviation diſcharged England eſtabliſhed expenſe faid faid ſhip falvage fame fentence firſt fome fraud freight fuch fufficient happened houſe ibid inferted infurance inſtances inſtructions intereſt iſſue jury Justice laſt liable loft London Lord Mansfield Lordſhip loſs loſt maſter merchants moſt muſt neceſſary obſerved occafion opinion owner parties perſons plaintiff policy of inſurance port poſitive premium preſent purpoſe queſtion reaſon recover repreſentation reſpect riſk ſaid ſame ſay ſea ſecond ſecurity ſeems ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhip ſhip failed ſhip's ſhould ſome ſpecial ſpecies ſtand ſtated ſtatute ſubject ſubſequent ſuch ſum ſuppoſed ſuſtained theſe thoſe tion total lofs trade trial underwriter uſage uſe uſual verdict veſſel Vide void voyage warranty whoſe
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Page 453 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 453 - ... until she hath moored at anchor twenty-four hours in good safety; and upon the goods and merchandises, until the same be there discharged and safely landed.
Page 184 - ... is a fraud, and therefore the policy is void. Although the suppression should happen through mistake, without any fraudulent intention; yet still the underwriter is deceived, and the policy is void; because the risque run is really different from the risque understood and intended to be run, at the time of the agreement.
Page 453 - Upon any kind of goods and merchandises, and also upon the body, tackle, apparel, ordnance, munition, artillery, boat, and other furniture, of and in the good ship or vessel called the...
Page 454 - Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the Defence, Safeguard and Recovery of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance ; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his sum herein assured.
Page 459 - Witness whereof the said corporation have caused their common seal to be hereunto affixed, the day of in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Page 455 - Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, to be paid to...
Page 28 - Insurance duly stamped as aforesaid, after the same shall have been underwritten, or to require any additional Stamp Duty by reason of such Alteration, so that such Alteration be made before Notice of the Determination of the Risk...
Page 11 - ... or effects on account of wages, exceeding one moiety of the " wages due, at the time of such payment, till such ship shall " return to Great Britain or Ireland.
Page 198 - he believes the man to be in good health," knowing nothing about it, nor having any reason to believe the contrary, there, though the person is not in good health, it will not avoid the policy, because the underwriter then takes the risk upon himself. So that there cannot be a clearer distinction than that which exists between a warranty which makes part of the written policy and...