Legal Opinion
Watt v. Cargo of Lumber
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 14, 1908No. 158PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
August 24, 1905, the schooner Helen M. Atwood, under charter to deliver her cargo at New York, being about to sail from Mobile, the shipper demanded a bill of lading. Section 4 of the Harter act (Act Feb. 13, 1893, c. 105, 27 Stat. 445, [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2947]) makes the giving of a bill of lading stating certain particulars obligatory in the case of vessels trading between ports of the United States and foreign ports; but by virtue of long-established usage and without any statute a shipper is entitled to a bill of lading. It is a document of title, represents the…
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- The Swedish Bark AdolphDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1880
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