 | Isaac Edwards - Bailments - 1878 - 738 pages
...eeo Denieou v. Seymour, 9 Weud,, 8, 11 ; Yates v. Bruwn, 8 Tick., 22. . the Woodrop Sims : There aro four possibilities under which an accident of this...to either party ; as where the loss is occasioned by a storm, or any other vis major ; in that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on whom... | |
 | Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes - Canals - 1880 - 788 pages
...PD, CA 291.) " There are four possibilities," said Lord Stowell in the Woodrop Sims (2 Dods. Ad. 85), "under ' which an accident of this sort may ' occur....the first place, it may ' happen without blame being im' putoble to either party; as where ' the loss is occasioned byastorm or ' any other r is major.... | |
 | Reginald Godfrey Marsden - Accidents - 1880 - 380 pages
...between ships ° co Islon' have been divided into four classes. " In the first place, it (collision) may happen without blame being imputable to either party, as where the loss is occasioned by a storm, or other vis major. In that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on whom it happens... | |
 | Eugene Leggett - Bills of lading - 1880 - 520 pages
...arise have been clearly stated by Lord Stowell, thus, " In the first place it may happen without any blame being imputable to either party, as where the loss is occasioned by a storm, or any other vis major; and in that case, the misfortune must be borne by the party on... | |
 | Canada - 1886 - 666 pages
...Scott in a much-quoted judgment thus describes the various classes of collisions between ships : — " There are four possibilities under which an accident of this sort may occur : — It may happen without blame being imputable to either party ; as when the loss is occasioned... | |
 | Charles Abbott (Baron Tenterden) - Maritime law - 1881 - 1106 pages
...the Woodrop (k), Lord STOWELL lays it down, that there are four possibilities under which collision may occur. " In the first place, it may happen without blame being imputablc to either party, as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major. In that... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1883 - 926 pages
...rules acted on by the Court of Admiralty, have been thus stated by Lord Stowell in 2 Dods. 85 : — ' In the first place, it may happen without blame being...to either party : as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major, in that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on whom it... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation - Merchant marine - 1885 - 796 pages
...under which a collision may occur and by whom the loss must be borne, a competent judge has said : There are four possibilities under which an accident...imputable to either party, as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other n •< major. In that caste, the misfortune must be borne by. the party on... | |
 | Cornelius Van Santvoord - Maritime law - 1887 - 180 pages
...fault, as it was adjudged, of the ship. The maritime law applicable to the case was thus defined by Sir William Scott : "This is one of those unfortunate...to either party ; as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major. In that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on which... | |
 | John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely - Law - 1889 - 800 pages
...rules acted on by the Court of Admiralty, have been thus stated by Lord Stowell in 2 Dods. 85 : — ' In the first place, it may happen without blame being...to either party : as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major, in that case the misfortune must be borne by the party on whom it... | |
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There are four possibilities under which an accident of this sort may occur. In the first place, it may happen without blame being imputable to either party ; as where the loss is occasioned by a storm, or any other vis major : In that case, the misfortune... 
