Rush v. Delaware & Chesapeake S. S. Co.

DICKINSON, District Judge.

Leave was given to file briefs, and subsequently supplemental, and again reply, briefs. These have now been submitted and the cause ripe for a ruling.

The Fact Situation and General Findings.

The questions here raised are in some respects novel and call for a somewhat extended discussion. The genius of the law maritime makes of a vessel a sentient being having the needs of its existence and support and endowed with capacity to pledge itself, its tackle, earned freight, and, on occasion, even its cargo, by way of general average. It may borrow money on bottomry bonds to…