voluntary acceptance
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 75 U.S. 153 - Propeller Mohawk · 1868Most cited · 26 citing opinions
it should appear from the evidence and circumstances attending the transaction that the acceptance was intended as a discharge of the vessel and owner from any further responsibility—what would be equivalent to a mutual arrangement, express or implied, by which the original contract in the bill of lading was rescinded
How often courts cite the case defining “voluntary acceptance”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “voluntary acceptance” — 26 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.