Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Hunter, Murphy & Talbot v The General Mutual Insurance Company of New York, February 1856.
The plaintiff's shipped fourteen slaves from Richmond to New Orleans, by sea, insuring the slaves for [dollars] 7,075 for loss against drowning or shipwreck. The ship became stranded and it was necessary to jettison a portion of the cargo in order to save the crew and slaves. The plaintiff'...
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