TAYLOE v. MERCHANTS' FIRE INS. CO.


50 U.S. 390 (1850)

9 How. 390

WILLIAM H. TAYLOE, APPELLANT, v. THE MERCHANTS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Johnson (Attorney-General), for the appellant, and by Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Nelson, for the appellees.


Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, which was rendered for the defendants.

The case in the court below was this. William H. Tayloe, of Richmond County, Virginia, applied to John Minor, the agent of the defendants, residing at Fredericksburg in that State, for an insurance upon his dwelling-house to the amount of $8...

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