The Columbia Insurance Company of Alexandria, Plaintiffs in Error v. Joseph W. Lawrence

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Alexandria. The original action was assumpsit, brought by the defendant in error against the insurance company, upon a policy of insurance, against fire underwritten by the company, on the 9th of April 1823, whereby the company insured for the defendant in error, and his partner, Poindexter (since deceased), 7000 dollars on their stone mill, called the Elba mill, four stories high, situated on an island about a mile from Frederickburg, in Virginia. The declaration averred a total loss by fire, on the 14th of February 1824.