AFFECTING CHARTER-PARTIES AND BILLS OF LADING BY LAWRENCE DUCKWORTH (OF THE MIddle temple, BARRISTER-AT-LAW) AUTHOR OF "AN EPITOME of the law affecting MARINE INSURANCE," U.VA. Second Edition reVISED AND ENARGED JAN 2 6 1995 LAW LIBRARY LONDON EFFINGHAM WILSON ROYAL EXCHANGE (All rights reserved) PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. I AM glad that this little book has been appreciated. A second edition is now called for. The matter contained in the first edition has been revised, and all the important cases which have come before the Courts since the last publication of the Manual have been incorporated in the text. In reference to charter-parties the following cases will be found set out, more or less fully, in Chapter VII. (Part I.): Fraser and White v. Bee; Olsen v. Dobell & Co.; Steel, Young & Co. v. Grand Canary Coal Co.; West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co. v. Tagart, Beaton & Co.; Hessler & Co. v. Tyrer & Co.; Aktieselskabet Argentina v. Von Laer; and the Torbryan. In regard to bills of lading, the case of Borthwick v. Elderslie Steamship Co. is inserted at the end of Chapter I. (Part II.). In |