 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 486 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 the true reason is, for... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford, Sir Edward Hyde East - 1817 - 870 páginas
...give room for collusion, that the. master may contrive to be robbed on purpose, and share the spoil. In this case, it does not appear but that the fire arose from th? act of some man or other. It certainly did arise from some act of man •, for it is expressly... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford - 1817 - 872 páginas
...law presumes against the carrier, unless he shews it was done by the Bang's enemies or by such act as could not happen by the intervention of man, as storms, lightning, and tempests. '.) £. *4 C. 3. B. Jt. (•) At the jilting! at thiUttM sfter Tr. 35 <?• 3- **«* *>'* »*• 1785.... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1822 - 1008 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 the reason is, for fear... | |
 | 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
...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
...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
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon - 1856 - 948 páginas
...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 tempest." Again, in the case of The Company of the Trent Navigation v. Wood (6), Lord Mansfield said,... | |
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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 was done by the king's enemies, or by such act as could not happen by the intervention... 
