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California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 819

HNC § 819Div. 4 · Ch. 2

Statute text

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Unless otherwise expressly agreed, or unless the contracting parties give exclusive credit to the owner, the master of a vessel is personally liable upon his contracts relative to the vessel, even when the owner is also liable.

Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.

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