Supreme Court of Missouri March 15, 1870 (Copelin v. Phœnix Insurance)

WagNBR, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action brought upon a policy of insurance against the underwriters in favor of the plaintiffs, by which the steamboat Benton was insured for $>5,000 for one year, commencing on the 26th May of March, 1865. The policy is in the usual form of marine insurance.