Swift v. Tatner
Supreme Court of Georgia
Shipping. Carriage by sea. Contract.' Master and servant. Verdict. Evidence. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah. November term, 1891. Action by Tatner against Swift, Adams and others as owners of the schooner Leon S. Swift. The jury found $651.55 for the plaintiff generally. The defendants moved for a new trial, which was denied, and they excepted. For the other material facts see the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
A ship belonging to several owners in common was chartered by one of them, who owned a majority of shares,/ to a merchant to sail between specified ports daring a term not to exceed six months. It was arranged between owner, charterer and master that the charterer should pay a certain amount of freight upon the completion of each' return voyage and delivery of the cargo in the charterer’s port, of which amount the master should receive two thirds to reimburse him for expenses of manning and victualling the ship, etc., and to pay for his services as master, the remaining…
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