Bregaro v. The Centurion’s Empirical Analysis
57 F. 412 · 1893
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1972
8 federal appellate · 9 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on the Schooner Freeman v. Alvah Buckingham · Propeller Niagara v. Cordes · Young v. Parker's Administrator · American Sugar Refining Co. v. Euripides · Carter v. The Mascotte
Most-quoted passages
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““I do not find upon the testimony any evidence of negligence in the management of the ship, for which her owners are responsible, that contributed to this loss. The charterers by the terms of the charter became the owners pro hac vice as respects all matters pertaining to the handling and delivery of cargo, but not as regards the navigation of the ship, for which, under the express terms of the charter, the owners remained the responsible principals. As this loss arose from the improper stowage of the molasses and the extraordinary drainage consequent thereon, and not from any fault in the management of the ship, the charterers are primarily answerable for the loss both of the molasses and of the sugar. The bill of lading in this case was not signed by the master, but by the agent of the charterers. It is on that ground contended in behalf of the ship that she is not chargeable, even secondarily, for this loss; that the shipper and the libelants were put upon inquiry, and were therefore chargeable with notice of the charter and of its special provision that ‘no claim was to be made against owners for loss of cargo’; and the analogy of various decisions as regards supplies of coal to chartered vessels is cited in support of this view. I cannot sustain this contention. In the first place, the provision that ‘no claim is to be made against owners for loss of cargo’ is shown by its context to be nothing more than a stipulation between the owners and the charterers, adjusting thei”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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