Massachusetts Reports, Volume 145H.O. Houghton and Company, 1888 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 501 - The individual liability of a ship-owner, shall be limited to the proportion of any or all debts and liabilities that his individual share of the vessel bears to the whole; and the aggregate liabilities of all the owners of a vessel on account of the same shall not exceed the value of such vessel and freight pending...
Page 108 - The notice required by this section shall be in writing and signed by the person injured or by some one in his behalf, but if from physical or mental incapacity...
Page 425 - the use of general terms, or anything less than a distinct specific agreement clearly expressed and indorsed on the policy, shall not be construed as a waiver of any printed or written condition or restriction therein.
Page 502 - An Act to remove certain burdens on the American merchant marine and encourage the American foreign carrying trade, and for other purposes,
Page 63 - Such an inquiry is to be determined by the local tribunal. Were the case such that we were called upon to pass any order directing or controlling the corporation in the exercise of its corporate duties, we have no such jurisdiction as would enable us to do it. The subject matter would not be within our province.
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