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3 S.C.L. 437

De Pau v. Jones

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided May 15, 1804

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1804-05-15

This was an action on a policy of insurance, and was fried before Buevakd, J. in Charle-ton. The circumstances of the case were these: Tiio insurance was on goods, shipped on board the American brig Wexford, at, and from Bordeaux, to Charleston, at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent. No insurance against loss under 5 per cent., unless general average.

Decided 1804-05-15

The court

¶1were of opinion, first, that from the evidence given at. the trial, it did not appear that the captain was justifiable in adven, luring over the bar, without waiting a reasonable time for a pilot, by reason of any impending danger, or urgent necessity ; and there, fore, that the plaintiff was not intitled to a contribution to a general loss. Secondly, that it could not be fairly presumed, from the words of the policy, and the circumstances of the case, that dried prunes were not intended to be included in the general term, fruit; for what other kind of fruit, than dried fruit, could be meant to he brought from Bordeaux to Charleston 1

¶2Motion for a new trial granted.

Present, Grime,'Wawes, Xs.EZgYABT, and Brevard, Justices.
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