Compania De Navigacion La Flecha v. Brauer
Supreme Court of the United States
OEBTIOEABI TO THE CIBOUIT OOURT OE APPEALS FOB THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This was a libel in admiralty in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York by 'William W. Brauer and Frederick C. Brauer, residing and doing business as partners under the name of William W. Brauer & Company at Richmond in the State of Virginia, and by the Reliance Marine Insurance Company, Limited, of Liverpool, a corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain,…
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OEBTIOEABI TO THE CIBOUIT OOURT OE APPEALS FOB THE SECOND CIRCUIT. This was a libel in admiralty in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York by 'William W. Brauer and Frederick C. Brauer, residing and doing business as partners under the name of William W. Brauer & Company at Richmond in the State of Virginia, and by the Reliance Marine Insurance Company, Limited, of Liverpool, a corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain, against the Compañía de Navigacion la Flecha, a corporation organized under the laws of Spain, and owner of the steamship…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice G-eay
The contract sued on was made in October, 1891, more than a year before the passage of the Harter Act, and the case is unaffected by its provisions. Act of February 13,1893, c. 105 ; 27 Stat. 445.
By the law of this country, before that act, as declared upon much consideration by this court, common carriers, by land or sea, could not, by any form of contract with the owner of property carried, exempt themselves from responsibility for loss or damage arising from negligence of their own servants; and any stipulation for such exemption was contrary to public policy and void. Railroad Co. v.…
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