Lord v. Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Erro^ to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. Sects. 4283 and 4289 of the Revised Statutes are as follows : — v “ Sect. 4283. The. liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzlement, loss, or destruction, by any person, of any property, goods, or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for- any loss, damage, or injury by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing lost, damage or forfeiture done, occasioned, or…
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Erro^ to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. Sects. 4283 and 4289 of the Revised Statutes are as follows : — v “ Sect. 4283. The. liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzlement, loss, or destruction, by any person, of any property, goods, or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for- any loss, damage, or injury by collision, or for any act, matter, or thing lost, damage or forfeiture done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or-owners, shall in no case exceed the amount of the value of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
The single question presented by the assignment of errors is,, whether Congress has power to regulate the liability of the owners of vessels navigating the high seas, but engaged only in the transportation of goods and passengers between .ports and places in the same State. It is conceded that while the Ventura carried goods from place to place in California, her voyages were always ocean voyages.
Congress has power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the. several States, and with the Indian tribes” (Const., art. 1, sect. 8), but it has nothing to do with the purely internal…
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