INSURANCE COMPANIES v. WRIGHT


68 U.S. 456 (1863)

1 Wall. 456

THE INSURANCE COMPANIES v. WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Alexander Hamilton, Jr., Evarts, and Cutting, for the Insurance Companies, plaintiffs in error:

Messrs. Brent and May, contra:


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court, and after stating principal facts, proceeded as follows:

The only question submitted to the jury on the second trial, the record of which is now before us, was whether the Mary W., the vessel in which the loss occurred, did or did not rate below A 2, within the meaning of the policy. Some of the instructions prayed by the defendants, and refused by the court, proposed...

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