Jason clause
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 290 U.S. 333 - May v. Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt Aktiengesellschaft · 1933Most cited · 248 citing opinions
the consignees agree that, if the shipowner has used due diligence to make the ship seaworthy, the cargo is to be liable in general average when the sacrifice or expense results from negligent navigation
How often courts cite the cases defining “Jason clause”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Jason clause” — 395 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1933–1935
the effect of the 'Jason clause' is to invest the master with authority and responsibility to act directly for cargo in relation to cargo's duty to contribute in general average. The master becomes for that purpose the representative of cargo.