A Treatise of the Law Concerning the Liabilities and Rights of Common Carriers

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J. Butterworth and Son, 1827 - 191 páginas
 

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Página 133 - Baltimore (the Act of God, the / King's Enemies, Fire, and all and every other Dangers and Accidents of the Seas, Rivers, and Navigation, / of whatever Nature and Kind soever...
Página 133 - In witness whereof the Master, or Purser of the said Ship hath affirmed to...
Página 91 - A ship trading from one port to another has not the means of carrying the goods on land, and, according to the established course of trade, a delivery on the usual wharf is such a delivery as will discharge the carrier.
Página 44 - In every contract for the carriage of goods between a person holding himself forth as the owner of a lighter or vessel ready to carry goods for hire, and the person putting goods on board or employing his vessel or lighter for that purpose, it is a term of the contract on the part of the carrier or lighterman implied by law, that hia vessel is tight, and fit for the purpose or employment for which he offers and holds it forth to the public.
Página 101 - A carrier had given notice that all goods would be subject to a lien, not only for the freight of the particular goods, but also for any general balance due from their respective owners...
Página 50 - When this point was first mentioned I was surprised, for it appeared to me to be a proposition as well settled as any in the law, that if a tradesman order goods to be sent by a carrier, though he does not name any particular carrier, the moment the goods are delivered to the carrier it operates as a delivery to the purchaser. The whole property immediately vests in him ; he alone can bring an action for any injury done to the goods, and if any accident happen to the goods it is at his risk.
Página 10 - And this is a politic establishment, contrived by the policy of the law, for the safety of all persons, the necessity of whose affairs oblige them to trust these sorts of persons, that they may be safe in their ways of dealing...
Página 133 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned at the aforesaid Port...
Página 63 - Provided also, and be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to...
Página 63 - ... he shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction...

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