INSURANCE CO. v. TRANSPORTATION CO.


79 U.S. 194 (____)

12 Wall. 194

INSURANCE COMPANY v. TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.C. Carter and G. Pratt, for the plaintiff in error.

Messrs. J.A. Hovey and I. Halsey, contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

Mr. Phillips, in his Treatise on the Law of Insurance, lays down two rules respecting the concurrence of different causes of loss, which the plaintiffs in error contend should be applied to this case, and which, if applied, they insist must lead to a reversal of the judgment in the court below.* The first of these is:

"In case of the...

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