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THE MAIN v. WILLIAMS

No. 233.

152 U.S. 122 (1894)

14 S.Ct. 486

38 L.Ed. 381

THE MAIN, v. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas W. Hall for appellant.

Mr. J. Wilson Leakin and Mr. John H. Thomas, (with whom was Mr. George Leiper Thomas on the brief,) for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

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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