Agent libelling for absent owners
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From 40 U.S. 40 - Houseman v. Cargo of the Schooner North Carolina · 1841Most cited · 3 citing opinions
in admiralty proceedings, that the agent of absent owners may libel, either in his own name, as agent, or in the name of his principals, as he thinks best; that the power of attorney, subsequent to the libel, is a sufficient ratification of what he had before done in their behalf.