... the act of God that happens by his permission ; everything, by his knowledge. But to prevent litigation, collusion, and the necessity of going into circumstances impossible to be unravelled, the law presumes against the carrier, unless he shows it... Pennsylvania State Reports - Página 381por Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1863Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 páginas
...law presumes against the carrier, unless he shows it was done by the king's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning and tempests." " If an armed force come to rob the carrier of the goods, he is liable ; and the true reason is, for... | |
| Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford, Sir Edward Hyde East - 1817 - 870 páginas
...law presumes against the carrier, unless he shews it was done by the King's enemies or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests. '} £. 14 C. 3. BR (i) At tht wtingi »t G,m*ll tft« Tr. tj C. 3. If an armed force come to rob the... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1822 - 1008 páginas
...law presumes against the carrier, unless he shows it was done by the king's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests. " If an armed force come to rob the carrier of the goods, he is liable, and the reason is, for fear... | |
| Samuel Comyn - 1824 - 680 páginas
...presumes against the carrier, unless he shows that it was done by the King's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests. In this case it does not appear but that the fire arose from the act of some man or other. It certainly... | |
| William Jones - 1828 - 328 páginas
...presumes against the " carrier, unless he shows it was done by the King's enemies, or "by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man; "as storms, lightning, and tempests. If an armed force come "to rob the carrier of the goods, he is liable; and a reason is " given in the... | |
| David Steel - 1832 - 1188 páginas
...law presumes against the carrier, unless he shows it was done by the king's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests. " If an armed force come and rob the carrier of the goods, he is liable ; and the reason is, from fear... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1841 - 488 páginas
...law presumes against the carrier, unless he shows it was done by the king's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning and tempests." 3 The fair deduction 1 Riley v. Home, 5 Bing. R. 217. 1 Abbot on Ship, part 3, ch. 4, sec. 1. 3 1 Term... | |
| 1842 - 536 páginas
...against the carrier, unless he shows the loss was occasioned by act of the king's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests. 2 Every thing done by the carrier which the law does not excuse, is negligence in him, eg loss of goods... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1846 - 718 páginas
...that the law presumes against a carrier. until he shows that the loss arose from such an act as i' could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning and tempests. In this case it does not appear but that the fire arose from the act of some man or other. It certainly... | |
| Joseph Story - 1856 - 728 páginas
...presumes against the carrier, unless he shows it was done by the king's enemies, or by such an accident as could not happen by the Intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests.' The same doctrine is strongly stated in M'Arthur v. Sears, 21 Wend. R. 196, where it is said, that... | |
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