Case ID: nc_3/html/0280-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Anonymous.
    £WEPiY bill on the face of it shews in what country h is draws, «r*£i ;!;at is for the ; urpose oí -hewing, by what law it is go., vernsbi.v. Here the question is, v.'\.it damages ott a psotest shall be paid; whether the damages pctording io the lair of the cow:, • try whije drawn, or where endorsed. The damages should be according to the law of the country where drawn ; for the as-signee a;r.r.cu v >;acüv in the place of the payee, and is entitled to the saute measure of damage be was, and no more, it is not sound to say that a bill may be, dr.iwn at set), and thcr to HT'gus that the Iw of the ¡¡dace where made is not to pievail, because at sea there is no law. The answer is, the law ol the place which the vessel belongs to shad prevail. Nor is it con-elusive to cay that tvnry enuoraetuent is a new drawing, as between endorser ■■«'« tndorseo j ios then a fcrelgn bill endonten ¡here would become ai< it'..’;’/’ hi; ¡,