STORY, Circuit Justice.- This is a libel brought in the district court upon a policy of insurance, alleging it to be a maritime contract, of which that court, as a court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, has cognizance. There is a plea to the jurisdiction, and the present question rests solely on the general sufficiency of that plea as a declina-tory bar. It has been argued, and now stands for judgment. I shall make no ap…
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