The "Hamburg."
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 16 March 1864 |
| Date | 16 March 1864 |
| Court | High Court of Admiralty |
English Reports Citation: 167 E.R. 362
HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY
S. C. 2 Moore, P. C. (N. S) 289; 15 E. R. 911, 33 L. J. (Adm) 116; 10 L. T. 206; 10 Jur. (N. S) 600, 12 W R 628, 2 Mar L C. (Crockford) 1 Distinguished, Lloyd v. Gurbert, 1865, 6 B. & S. 100, the "Gaetano and Maria," 1882, 7 P. D. 137. Referred to, The "Bahia," p 292, post; The Lizzie," 1868, L. R. 2 ad. & Ecc. 254, The "Empire of Peace," 1869, 39 L J (Adm) 12; The "Staffordshire," 1871, 25 L. T. 137; Australasian Steam Navigation Company v. Morse, 1872, 27 L. T. 357; The "San Roman," 1872, L R. 3 Ad. & Ecc 583, Klernwort Cohen v. Cassa Maritima of Genoa, 1877, 2 A C 156, Acatos v. Burns, 1878, 3 Ex. D. 282.
[253] in the privy council Present-Lord Chelmsford. Lord Kingsdown Sir John Coleridge. the " hamburg." March 16, 1864 -Bottomry bond on ship, freight and cargo- Obligation of master to tranship-Duty to communicate with owners of cargo -Validity of bond tried by law maritime-The " Bonaparte " (8 Moore, P. C. 459) explained.-Where a bottomry bond is made payable upon arrival at the ship's port of destination in England, the validity of the bond is triable by the general maritime law as administered in England, and not by the law of the ship's flag, or the law of the place where the bond was executed.(a) If there are means of repairing the ship at the port of distress, the master has no obligation to tranship the cargo The character of agent for the owners of the cargo is imposed upon the master solely by the necessity of the case. The master of a ship, therefore, has not authority to hypothecate the cargo, if in the circumstances of the case it is...
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