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MERCHANTS' INS. CO. v. ALLEN

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121 U.S. 67 (1887)

7 S.Ct. 821

30 L.Ed. 858

MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY, v. ALLEN. MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY, v. WEEKS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph P. Hornor for appellant. Mr. Charles W. Hornor was with him on the brief.

Mr. J.R. Beckwith for appellee Allen.

Mr. Richard H. Browne for appellee Weeks. Mr. Charles B. Singleton was with him on the brief.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

These appeals present the same questions, and may be considered together. The suits were brought on two policies of insurance, one insuring the interest of George D. Allen and the other that of Silas Weeks, in the ship Orient, from April 15, 1882, to April 15, 1883, "to navigate the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and America, and to be covered in port and at sea." At the time the policy was issued the ship...

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