Unless otherwise expressly agreed, or unless the contracting parties give exclusive credit to the owner, the master of a vessel is personally liable upon his contracts relative to the vessel, even when the owner is also liable.
Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code § 819
Ship Masters and Cargoes
Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
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