ARTICLE 2. Liability, Generally [420. - 432.]
Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.
§§ 420–432 · 13 sections
- § 420 A marine carrier is liable in like manner as an inland carrier, except for loss or injury caused by the perils of the sea or fire.
- § 421 The liability of a common carrier by sea is further regulated by acts of Congress.
- § 422 Perils of the sea are: (a) Storms and waves. (b) Rocks, shoals, and rapids. (c) Other obstacles, though of human origin. (d) Changes of climate. (e) The…
- § 423 A marine carrier shall not stow freight upon deck during the voyage, except where it is usual so to do, nor make any improper deviation from or delay in the…
- § 424 The owner of a vessel is bound to pay to the owner of her cargo the market value, at the time of arrival of the ship at the port of her destination, of that…
- § 425 A carrier by water may, when in case of extreme peril it is necessary for the safety of the vessel or cargo, throw overboard, or otherwise sacrifice, any or…
- § 426 So far as possible, a jettison shall begin with the most bulky and least valuable articles.
- § 427 A jettison can be made only by authority of the master of a vessel, except in case of his disability, or of an overruling necessity, when it may be made by any…
- § 428 The loss incurred by a jettison, when lawfully made, shall be borne in due proportion by all that part of the vessel, appurtenances, freightage, and cargo for…
- § 429 The proportions in which a general average loss is to be borne shall be ascertained by an adjustment, in which the owner of each separate interest shall be…
- § 430 In estimating values for the purpose of a general average, the vessel and appurtenances shall be valued as at the end of the voyage, the freightage at one-half…
- § 431 The owner of things stowed on deck, in case of their jettison, is entitled to the benefit of a general average contribution only if it is usual to stow such…
- § 432 The law concerning jettison and general average is equally applicable to every other voluntary sacrifice of property on a vessel, or to an expense necessarily…