A Treatise on the Law of Shipping and the Law and Practice of Admiralty, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1869 - Admiralty |
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... party , with primage and average accustomed , " it was held that the master was entitled to receive primage from the consignee ; although the contract between the ship- owner and the agents of the consignee ( there being no charter - party ) ...
... party , with primage and average accustomed , " it was held that the master was entitled to receive primage from the consignee ; although the contract between the ship- owner and the agents of the consignee ( there being no charter - party ) ...
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... party . The master received his primage on this amount there , and the agent of the vessel charged in his account of the disbursements of the vessel , a commission on the amount so paid . Held , that the master was liable therefor . We ...
... party . The master received his primage on this amount there , and the agent of the vessel charged in his account of the disbursements of the vessel , a commission on the amount so paid . Held , that the master was liable therefor . We ...
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... party in believ- ing that he assents , or if he voluntarily accepts and retains the benefit of the contract when it is executed , when he is per- fectly at liberty to return or renounce such benefit , in all such cases the owner is ...
... party in believ- ing that he assents , or if he voluntarily accepts and retains the benefit of the contract when it is executed , when he is per- fectly at liberty to return or renounce such benefit , in all such cases the owner is ...
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... party who chooses to give credit to one only when he might have held others , cannot afterwards resort to those others . Thus , if one contracts for supplies to the ship with the owner exclu- sively , he can never look to the master ; 1 ...
... party who chooses to give credit to one only when he might have held others , cannot afterwards resort to those others . Thus , if one contracts for supplies to the ship with the owner exclu- sively , he can never look to the master ; 1 ...
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... party , on what principle of the common or maritime law can the owners of the offending vessel , the principals of such an agent , whom they have armed with the power to do the wrong , throw the responsibility from themselves ? It is ...
... party , on what principle of the common or maritime law can the owners of the offending vessel , the principals of such an agent , whom they have armed with the power to do the wrong , throw the responsibility from themselves ? It is ...
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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...
Page 574 - An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
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.
Page 98 - SEC. 4600. It shall be the duty of all consular officers to discountenance insubordination by every means in their power and, where the local authorities can be usefully employed for that purpose, to lend their aid and use their exertions to that end in the most effectual manner.
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...