master's declarations in collision cases
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 75 U.S. 590 - The Potomac · 1869Most cited · 72 citing opinions
Courts of admiralty have uniformly allowed the declarations of the master, in a case of collision, to be brought against the owner, on the ground that when the transaction occurred, the master represented the owner, and was his agent in navigating the vessel. This sort of evidence is confined to the confessions of the master, and cannot be extended to any other person in the employment of the boat, for in no proper sense has the owner intrusted his authority to any one but the master.
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