A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1869 - Admiralty |
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... freight , or a right to certain amount of tonnage . So too he has his primage , which is a small percentage on the freight , and is a perquisite over and above his wages ; 4 in this country it is , we believe , in foreign voyages · Thus ...
... freight , or a right to certain amount of tonnage . So too he has his primage , which is a small percentage on the freight , and is a perquisite over and above his wages ; 4 in this country it is , we believe , in foreign voyages · Thus ...
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... freight , or a right to certain amount of tonnage . So too he has his primage , which is a small percentage on the freight , and is a perquisite over and above his wages ; in this country it is , we believe , in foreign voyages 1 Thus ...
... freight , or a right to certain amount of tonnage . So too he has his primage , which is a small percentage on the freight , and is a perquisite over and above his wages ; in this country it is , we believe , in foreign voyages 1 Thus ...
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... freight for the carriage of the goods was the only compensa- tion paid , the owners of the vessel were liable as common carriers for the proceeds of the sale as well as for the safe transportation of the goods . But in a subsequent case ...
... freight for the carriage of the goods was the only compensa- tion paid , the owners of the vessel were liable as common carriers for the proceeds of the sale as well as for the safe transportation of the goods . But in a subsequent case ...
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... freight , for whatever is due to him . How far this lien extends , and indeed in what cases it ex- ists , the authorities do not , perhaps , enable us to state very posi- tively . In England it has been held that he can have no lien on ...
... freight , for whatever is due to him . How far this lien extends , and indeed in what cases it ex- ists , the authorities do not , perhaps , enable us to state very posi- tively . In England it has been held that he can have no lien on ...
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... freight according to the best authorities.2 But he has no lien for a general account.3 If the cargo belongs to the owner of the ship , it has been held that the master has a lien on it for his disburse- ments.4 And if he has a lien on ...
... freight according to the best authorities.2 But he has no lien for a general account.3 If the cargo belongs to the owner of the ship , it has been held that the master has a lien on it for his disburse- ments.4 And if he has a lien on ...
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Abbott action admiralty court Admiralty Rule affreightment agent allowed amount answer appeal authority Blatchf bottomry Brig capture cargo cause charter-party circuit court claim claimant collector collision common law consul contract court held court of admiralty courts of equity Cranch crew Curtis damages David Pratt decree defendant discharge district court dollars duty entitled filed foreign port forfeit freight further enacted Gallis garnishee Hagg judge jurisdiction Justice Story Law Rep liable libel lien Lushington mariner maritime Mason master Newb officer Olcott owner paid party person personam pilot plaintiff possession prize proceedings proceeds question recover rendered salvage service salvors Schooner seamen ship or vessel shipping articles Spinks Sprague statute Steamboat stipulation Sumner Supreme Court Swabey taken thereof tion tort U. S. D. C. Mass U. S. Stats United voyage wages Wallace Ware Wheat
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Page 439 - that the laws of the several States, except where the constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 440 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 221 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity...
Page 653 - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
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Page 168 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 577 - That if any person shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any bill or note in imitation of or purporting to be...
Page 754 - In all suits on bottomry bonds, properly so called, the suit shall be in rem only against the property hypothecated, or the proceeds of the property, in whosesoever hands the same may be found, unless the master has, without authority, given the bottomry bond, or by his fraud or misconduct has avoided the same, or has subtracted the property, or unless the owner has, by his own misconduct or wrong, lost or subtracted the property, in which latter cases the suit may be in personam against the wrongdoer.
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Page 525 - Vessels built within the United States and belonging wholly to citizens thereof; and vessels which may be captured in war by citizens of the United States and lawfully condemned as prize, or which may be adjudged to be forfeited for a breach of the laws of the United States...