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SANSOM v. BALL

4 U.S. 459 (____)

4 Dall. 459

Sansom versus Ball.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Rawle, and J. Sergeant, for the plaintiff.

M'Kean (Attorney-General) and Ingersoll, for the defendant.

TILGHMAN, Chief Justice. In this case two questions have been made:

1st. Had the plaintiff an insurable interest?

2d. If it was insurable, was it liable to a general average?

1st. In order to determine whether the plaintiff's interest was insurable, we must first ascertain the nature of it. It seems to be a kind of interest, not much known in Europe, though well known in this city. The plaintiff advanced a sum of money to the owners of the ship, in...

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