Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1804

De Pau v. Jones

De Pau v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided May 15, 1804 · Brevard, Ezgyabt, Grime, Wawes
3 S.C.L. 437

De Pau v. Jones

Opinion of the Court

The court

were 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

Motion for a new trial granted.

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

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