Page 145, 477 v. Inglis 205, 207, 367 v. Rowcroft v. Royal Exchange Assurance Company v. Small v. Smith Thompson v. Trail v. Whitmore Thornley v. Hebson • 500 126 254, 294 - 315 - 604 Vennall v. Garner 612, 615 12, 638 Vertue v. Jewell - 315 Vinkerstone v. Ebden - 310 Violet v. Blague - 604 68 614 59 6 Thoroughgood v. Bryan Tilson v. Warwick Gas Light Company Tinckler v. Walpole Tindall v. Bell v. Taylor 231, 254, 453 Tobin v. Crawford Vlierboome v. Chapman - 328, 398 Underwood v. Miller v. Robertson Todd v. Ritchie 374 - 160 23 159 W. Wainhouse v. Cowie 425 317, 319 Wait v. Baker Towse v. Henderson - 217 284, 288, 297 Wake v. Harrison - 200 Train v. Bennett - 506 Tremenhere v. Tresilian 6 Trent and Mersey Navigation ance Company Company v. Wood 329, 337 Trewhella v. Rowe Trinity House v. Clarke v. Humphrey v. Trustees of Liverpool 289, 290 428 Walker v. The United Insur Wallace and others v. Breeds - 430 v. Fielden Walley v. Montgomery Walpole v. Ewer Provan Ward v. Felton v. Beek v. McCorkill Wardell v. Mourillyan Waring v. Cox Warren v. Peabody - 526 130 293, 422 554 87 59 - 313 Watkinson v. Bernardiston 118, 120 v. Shirreff. Warwick v. Scott Watson v. Christie 146, 147 636 Way v. Milestone Weal v. King Webb v. Brooke v. Thompson - 528 314, 318 291, 294 Webster v. Seekamp Wedderburn v. Bell - 110 - 302 432 Wegener v. Smith . 265 THE LAW OF MERCHANT SHIPS AND SEAMEN. PART THE FIRST. CHAPTER I. OF THE OWNERS OF SHIPS IN GENERAL; THE MODES BY WHICH PROPERTY IN THEM IS ACQUIRED; THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES ATTACHED TO IT; AND HEREIN, SECT. 1. Of Title by Building and Purchase, p. 1. 2. By Purchase from the Master, and of his Authority to Sell, p. 6. 3. Of Title by Capture, p. 20. 4. Of the Evidence of Property in Ships absolute, and by way of Mortgage, p. 24. 5. Of the Liabilities of Owners of Ships for Repairs done, or Stores supplied to them, p. 26. 6. Of the Liabilities of Charterers and Owners, pro tempore, of Ships, p. 28. 7. Of the Rights and Liabilities of Mortgagees, p. 29. 8. The Liabilities of Owners and Charterers of Ships further considered, p. 34. 1. Of Title by Building and Purchase. ONE or more persons may acquire the property of a ship by building it at their expense, or by purchasing it of another who has authority to dispose of it. Upon the death of the owner, his interest in it devolves upon his executors or administrators; it is transmitted to a husband on his marriage with the owner, and to assignees on the owner's bankruptcy or insolvency. In the case of purchase, it is necessary that the person who takes upon him to sell should have power to do so; for although a sale of other goods by the person, who is in possession of them, does in many cases vest the property in the buyer, even when the seller himself has neither property in them nor authority to dispose of them, the same cannot take place with respect to ships, as there is no open market for the sale of them. Indeed, this species of property appears from very early times to have been evidenced by written documents, and at present always is so, B |