A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port or town, set up a wharf or crane, and may take what rates he and his customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, housellage, pesage; for he doth no more than is lawful for any man to do, viz., makes... Property and Society - Page 106by Andrew Alexander Bruce - 1916 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Fisk Beach - 1898 - 842 pages
...as to wharves and wharfingers, Lord Hale, in his treatise, De Portibus Marts, already cited, says: 'A man, for his own private advantage may. in a port...town, set up a wharf or crane, and may take what rates be and his customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, houeellage, pesuge, for he doth no more than... | |
| Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman - 1900 - 642 pages
...but reasonable toll." So, also, in respect to wharves and wharfingers, the same writer says : — " A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port...doth no more than is lawful for any man to do, viz. , make the most of his own. * * * If the king or subject have a public wharf, unto which all persons... | |
| Arthur Jerome Eddy - 1901 - 892 pages
...again, as to wharves and wharfingers. Lord Hale, in his treatise De Portibus Maris, already cited, says: 'A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port...for any man to do, viz., makes the most of his own. ... It' the king or subject have a public wharf, unto which all persons that come to that port must... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1901 - 1020 pages
...scarcely warrant the conclusion reached. Thus, Hale, as quoted, in his treatise De Portibua . Maris, says: "A man for his own private advantage may, in a port...and his customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, house!lage, pesage; for he doth no more than is lawful for any man to do, viz., makes the most of his... | |
| Henry Brannon - 1901 - 582 pages
...in these he is finable." In De Portibus Maris, 1 Hargrave's Law Tracts, 78, Lord Hale further says: "A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port or town, set up a wharf or crane, and take what rates he and his customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, houselage, peasage; for he doth... | |
| Henry Brannon - 1901 - 596 pages
...further says: "A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port or town, set up a wharf or crane, and take what rates he and his customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, houselage, peasage; for he doth no more than is lawful for any man to do, viz., makes the most of his... | |
| Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes - 1902 - 782 pages
...have their access to ports as freely as formerly was used.3 A. may also for his own private advantage in a port or town set up a wharf or crane, and take whatever rates he and his can agree for wharfage, craneage, &c. ; for he does not more than what... | |
| Theodore Elijah Burton - 1911 - 280 pages
...initiated or established no new principle. An authority from which he quotes is Sir Matthew Hale, who said: A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port...he doth no more than is lawful for any man to do, namely, makes the most of his own. If the king or subject have a public 102 wharf, unto which all persons... | |
| 1912 - 1526 pages
...Thus Hale, as quoted, In his treatise De Portibus Maria, says : "A man, for his own private ndvantnge, may. In a port or town set up a wharf or crane, and may take what rates he and bis customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, housellage, pesage; for he doth DO more than Is lawful... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1913 - 1140 pages
...wharves and wharf- [127 ingers. Lord Hale, in his treatise De Portibus Maris, already cited, says : "A man, for his own private advantage, may, in a port...up a wharf or crane, and may take what rates he and bis customers can agree for cranage, wharfage, housellage, pesage, for he doth no more than is lawful... | |
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