The power of the master of a vessel to bind its owner, or the owners of the cargo, ceases upon the abandonment of the vessel and freightage to insurers.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 818
Ship Masters and Cargoes
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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