Price v. Depeau

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Price v. Depeau

3 S.C.L. 452

DecidedMay 15, 1804

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Price v. Depeau, 3 S.C.L. 452 (S.C. 1804).

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Opinion

By the Court.

The insured was bound to disclose the circumstances of the case, that were material in computing the risk. He did not disclose every thing that he ought. He also misrepresented facts, he represented the properly as American. The policy was void from the beginning. It is immaterial whether the concealment, or misrepresentation, was the cause of the loss of the vessel, or not.

New trial granted.

Present, Gbtmke, Trezevant, and Brevard, Justices.

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By the Court.

The insured was bound to disclose the circumstances of the case, that were material in computing the risk. He did not disclose every thing that he ought. He also misrepresented facts, he represented the properly as American. The policy was void from the beginning. It is immaterial whether the concealment, or misrepresentation, was the cause of the loss of the vessel, or not.

New trial granted.

Present, Gbtmke, Trezevant, and Brevard, Justices.

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3 S.C.L. 452, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/price-v-depeau-sc-1804.