JB/087/047/001

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Indirect Legislation

Non-seducing

Wrongful destruction and endamagement.

Insurance from
calamity

Whenever a man insures goods from fire
or other calamity, if the money value he insures them
at exceeds what it would cost him to put himself
in statu quo, he has an interest, in an
a certain sense of the word interest, in using
his endeavours to introduce that calamity: for instance to
set fire to the goods, if insured from fire: to
sink the ship, if insur'd from the dangers of
the sea: to give notice to the enemy, if insured
from the dangers of the enemy. The law then
which lends its authority to such engagements
may be said to considerd as administering incentives to the any
crime offence by which such the calamity in question is
capable of being produced. This is a view
not for with-holding What follows? that it should
withhold its sanction from all such engagements
without reserve? by no means: only that it
should take of itself to suggest to the parties
concerned to take such precautions as without being
too burthensome present themselves as proper adapted
to the purpose of preventing the abuse. For
example requiring appointing officers to inspect the requiring as a condition previous to the contracting
of any such engagement a view to be taken of the goods
goods

Identifier: | JB/087/047/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	047	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	001	Titles	wrongful destruction and endangerment / treason
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27572
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