Limitation of the Liability of Shipowners Under the Laws of the United States |
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Limitation of the Liability of Shipowners Under the Laws of the United States Cornelius Van Santvoord No preview available - 2015 |
Limitation of the Liability of Shipowners Under the Laws of the United States Cornelius Van Santvoord No preview available - 2018 |
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Act of Congress actions and proceedings Acts of Maine aforesaid amount or value apportionment Bill cargo cause of action causes or occasions Circuit Court claimants clause of Sec collisions occurring commencement compensation Court of Equity decisions decree discharge District Court embezzlement English Acts English Statutes entitled enumerated foreign ships freight due freight immediately freight pending freight then pending freighters or proprietors further enacted grow due interest liability of shipowners libellants limitation in Sec loss or damage losses occurring maritime law Massachusetts master or mariners merchandise Norwich Company occasioned or incurred occasions of damage opinion owner or owners owners of ships paid into Court person or persons plaintiff provision put on board respective losses respondent Scotland second clause ship and freight ship or vessel shipment specific limitations steamship sufferers of loss suits and actions Supreme Court surrender tion trustee United vessel and freight voyage whole value Wright
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Page 158 - And be it further enacted, that this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such by all judges, justices, and others, without being specially pleaded.
Page 56 - ... skill on both sides. In such a case, the rule of law is, that the loss must be apportioned between them as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them.
Page 141 - An act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying-trade, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, relating to the limitations of the liability of the owners of vessels, shall apply to all sea-going vessels, and also to all vessels used on lakes or rivers or in inland navigation, including canal-boats, barges, and lighters.
Page 160 - ... that then, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said...
Page 34 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 28 - ... or for any act, matter, or thing lost, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 121 - No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner.
Page 71 - The owner of every sea-going ship or share therein shall be liable in respect of every such loss of life, personal injury, loss of or damage to vessels, goods, merchandise, or things as aforesaid arising on distinct occasions to the same extent as if no other loss, injury, or damage had arisen.
Page 71 - ... goods, merchandise, or other things, to an aggregate amount exceeding fifteen pounds for each ton of their ship's tonnage ; nor in respect of loss or damage to ships, goods, merchandise, or other things, whether there be in addition loss of life or personal injury or not, to an aggregate amount exceeding eight pounds for each ton of the ship's tonnage...
Page 121 - That no owner or owners of any ship or vessel shall be subject or liable to answer for or make good to any one or more person or persons any loss or damage which may happen to any goods or merchandise...