This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...of the cargo (Fowler, 1878, 4 Q. B. D. 299). And by the Bills of Lading Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 111, s. 1), every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading, and every indorsee, to whom the property in the goods passes, is subject to the same liabilities in respect of the goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself. (See BILL OF LADING.) In the case of a general ship, a consignee is not freed from liability for demurrage because the delay was caused by the consignees of other portions of the cargo (Porteus, 1878, 3 Q. B. D. 534). See Bell, Com. i. 621, ii. 95; Scrutton, Charter-Parties, 3rd ed., pp. 118-128, 232-244; Abbott, Merehant, S7zi)ping, 17th ed., p. 278; Carver, Carriage by Sea, p. 617. Denizen.--An alien ...
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