ON

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW

OF

MARINE INSURANCES.

IN TWO PARTS:

I. ON THE CONTRACT ITSELF, BETWEEN THE ASSURED
AND THE ASSURER.

II.—OF THE CAUSES WHICH VACATE THAT CONTRACT.
2.-IN WHAT CASES THE ASSURED IS ENTITLED TO
RECOVER BACK THE CONSIDERATION PAID BY
HIM?

3.-AND, LASTLY, WHAT IS THE REMEDY, PROVIDED
BY THE LAW, FOR EITHER PARTY AGAINST

THE OTHER.

BY FRANCIS, HILDYARD, M.A.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ., BARRISTER AT LAW.

LONDON:

WILLIAM BENNING & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS,
(LATE SAUNDERS AND BENNING,)

43, FLEET STREET.

PREFACE.

I BEG to offer this Treatise to the attention of the Profession, of which I am a Member, as well as to that of Underwriters and Mercantile Men: with an earnest desire, on my part, that, on trial, may be found capable of supplying the respective wants of both.

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Inner Temple, October, 1845.

FRANCIS HILDYARD.