The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-02-17
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Accident los An lnaprotant
El7t q IrFFs ller-
In the ssceza goln1ls q Supreme
Court reports, Just issued By Mr
Lansing, the new Official reporter
IA 6 very interesting case which ma
terisllv concerns the rights. under
tha.iaTe Of this State, Of Fuoh .tERF-
elIs,a &c are the holders e accident
insstance policies. Che qnestions
1t sus betEe The reftles we're
- ;tted oin 81 The General
Term of the Seventh Judicial Dis
t-ict without trial, under a provision
of the Code OF Procedure, which
parnitsake Submission Of causes in
tlhs msanef
The proceeding was brought by
an hdn inissrator to recover for the
death 81 a AIRS. Northrup, against
the Railway Psssensers Assurance
Company, Connecticut corporation
whose policy for the sum Of five
thousand dollsrs she held At the
time Of her death. This policy pro
vided that the. Company would pay
i've tbepsaId dollars % the lsga re-
pre- sntstLEes Of the nsrsonS Insured
"in the event efdeath from pers onal
injury, ensuing within three months
from the happening thereof, when
caused by any accident while travel
ling by public or private conYeyan-
ces provided for the transportation
Of passengers in the United STATES
or British North American posses
sions.n r kF
Mrs. Northrup, On. the day she
procured the policy and during It's
Yalidity.-lsft- Rathbpne, Steaben
cslas ins adin 80 tuaEel By pa6.
lie conveyance to the county of Mad
ison. She went by the Erie Railway
10 Elmira, and thence to Watkins, a
town on Seneca Lake, by the CanaR-
daieuf, and l1iirs RsilFaF.S Sue
tke6se sSssed &c Tlale Is Geneva,
where she proposed to take the cars
of the New York Central 70 her des-
tiBRtion. The iailNay dsr9 at Gen
eva is about seventy toda nom the
steamboat landing; and although
there we're public carriagef at the
wharf, Mrs. Northrup concluded to
walk the distance. On her Way,
however, she slipped sd fell on tie
sidewalk, receiving 11ies 50 seTi-
Gus that they caused 1er aesth sew.
ersl days sfterwsItl -
The Company contended that this
vas not an accident within the terms
of8ks policg, i1Asunach as II cd net
oeedr while tue deceased lady was
travelling by public or private Goa
Teyance provided for the tTapspolta-
ton of passengers" as speeifed il
the contract of insurance. There
were hseks close at hand, which she
could have proeured tc- carry her il
she had desired the act Of walking
from the steamboat to the train was
not an act necessary to be done in
order to prosecute the journey, as
getting out of one car andeinto an
othef might be; and the insurance
was only against easualties while
travelling in conveyances. =
The Court sustaining these views
gave judgment for the defendant. a
knowledge of the fact that these ac-
cident insurance policies have been
thus constructed under the laws OF
NeFsY ork furnishes a valuable sug-
gsstion e al trasellers who are In
the habit Of insuring themselves
against accident. If they wish TO
preserve theft rikhts against the IN
surel s, they viii ind It 70 their ad-
vantage TO ride instead Of walking.
We have no doubt that hundreds OF
persons thus insured walk across
this city from one depot to another
every day, and imagine that they are
secured by the insurance tickets
which they hold against any accident
that might occur on the way Il
seem, however tllat.security undel
such cifcunstanees ispurely imagin-
ayyf 4 has no foundation in law.
The West Point Outrage in Congress
The report Of the committee com
nissioEed @ ihvesegate the expul.
sion outrage at West Point is now
published, and revssls condition
of things which calls Tor immediate
attention. The circumstances OF
the outrages will be readily remem-
beredsq Three cadets efsthe fourth
class had Committed an ofence
against honsrr. and the discipline ef
the Academy BY lying. They were
put ia arrest and orderedto be tried.
This did not satisfy the first class.
The members Of this class assert
that the trial 81 cadets By court mar
tiaT is only a farce, nearly every per
son so dismissed being pardoned
and restored to his rank by Congress
sional influence. Under this sys
TEN the first class cadets state that
lying has become an intolerable vice
in the Academy The word of ca
det is no longer to be taken on any
case, wIlere his Interests woulo
pionapt5 him sto eeaceal the truth
So the first class determined to take
the task of reforming this abuse in
to their own hands; and on the nighl
after the arrest oftbe three "Plebes,r
they assembled to the number OF
thirty-eight and, taking the three
culprits from their beds, put them
in citizens clothes and sent them
away. After the disturbance had
somewhat subsidized, the three Grim
inals returned, and being at once set
upon by their classmates, sent in
their designations. These were ap-
proved ,by the authorities at the
Academy, and approved by the War
Department on the ninth of January.
No one seemed to see or appreciate
the enormity of the offence commit
ted by the first class in making mob
law the ruling power of the Accade!
my. The superintendent issued
weak order1eprimauding the thirty
eight regulators, and restraining
them within certain prescribed lin
its, but nothing more was done.
The haste with which the Academy
authorities approved the resigna7
tions of the three outlawed cadets,
and urged their acceptance at Wash
ington that showed that they were
at least partially n sympathy With
the vigilance committee Of the first
class. These are the facts as they
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