Caze v. Reilly
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
At law. This was a replevin, to recover a quantity of goods saved from the wreck of the Julia. The following case was agreed to stand for a special verdict The schooner Julia, owned by the defendant, and laden with a cargo of merchandise, departed from Bordeaux on the 23d of February, 1813, bound for Philadelphia.
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At law. This was a replevin, to recover a quantity of goods saved from the wreck of the Julia. The following case was agreed to stand for a special verdict The schooner Julia, owned by the defendant, and laden with a cargo of merchandise, departed from Bordeaux on the 23d of February, 1813, bound for Philadelphia. On the 8th of April in the same year, while proceeding up Delaware bay, she was chased by a frigate of the enemy, then forming the blockade of that bay and river, and was compelled to bear away for New-York. The chase continued in the direction of New-York until the 9th of April,…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, Circuit Justice
It seems to be universally admitted, that the Rhodian law, de jactu, was the parent of maritime contribution. That law, however, provides only for certain cases, in which contribution is to be allowed, and does not lay down any general rule. But it recognizes, in relation to maritime contribution, a great and striking principle, within the equity of which, every possible case of contribution may by fair deduction be brought. This law declares, “that if goods be thrown overboard, for the sake of lightening the vessel, as it is done for the good of all, all must come into contribution for the…
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