GREENWICH INS. CO. v. PROV. STEAMSHIP CO.


119 U.S. 481 (1886)

GREENWICH INSURANCE CO. v. PROVIDENCE AND STONINGTON STEAMSHIP CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 20, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Allen Butler for plaintiff in error. Mr. T.E. Stillman and Mr. Thomas H. Hubbard were with him on the brief.

Mr. Wheeler H. Peckham for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action on a policy of insurance, brought by the defendant against the plaintiff in error, to recover for the loss of the steamboat Rhode Island. It appeared on the trial that, on the 5th of April, 1880, the Providence and Stonington Steamship Company effected with the Greenwich Insurance Company a policy of marine insurance, numbered 2661, for $10,000, upon the Rhode Island, for the term of six months...

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