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OLIVERA v. UNION INSURANCE CO.

16 U.S. 87 (____)

3 Wheat. 87

OLIVERA v. UNION INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

February 4th. Harper, for the plaintiffs.

Jones and Winder, contrà.

February 19th, 1818. MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court, and after stating the facts, proceeded as follows:

On the part of the plaintiff in error, it has been contended, that the assured have sustained a technical total loss, by a peril within that clause in the policy, which insures "against all unlawful arrests, restraints and detainments of kings," &c. *He contends, 1st. That a blockade is "restraint...

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