ship-cargo obligation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 75 U.S. 325 - the Lady Franklin · 1868Most cited · 73 citing opinions
The doctrine that the obligation between ship and cargo is mutual and reciprocal, and does not attach until the cargo is on board, or in the custody of the master
How often courts cite the case defining “ship-cargo obligation”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “ship-cargo obligation” — 70 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.