11 Mass. 72 | Mass. | 1814
The master of a vessel, in which goods are
Defendants adjudged trustees.
Lane vs. Penniman, 4 Mass. Rep. 91.— 2 Caines’s Rep. 77. — White vs. Baring, 4 Esp. Rep. 22. — Ingersoll vs. Van Bockkelin, 7 Cowen, 670. — Hodgson vs. Butts, 3 Cranch, 140. — But Abbot says the payment of freight to the owners on their demand will be a discharge against a claim by the master, not only in the case of goods brought in a general ship, but also in the case of an agreement, not under seal, made between the master and the charterer, and although the master may have previously given notice to the charterer not to pay the freight to any person but himself. — Abott, Ship. 273, 114. —Atkinson vs. Cotesworth 3 B. & C. 647. — Smith vs. Plummer, 1 Barn. & Ald. 575.