This case raises two questions: (1) as to whether, under Revised Statutes, § 4283, the liability of a ship owner for the "freight then pending" extends to passage money; and, (2), whether it extends to freight prepaid at the port of departure.
1. By the common law, as administered both in England and America, the personal liability...
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