If a shipowner falsifies a bill of lading, does the ship owner have to pay the shipowner's liability?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Scott v. W.R. Grace & Co., 275 F. 340 (2nd Cir. 1921):
If the shipowner seeks to avoid responsibility, by showing falsification of the bill of lading which he duly signed, he bears the onus. Bradley v. Dunipace, 31 L.J.Ex. 210; The Titania, 131 F. 229, 65 C.C.A. 215.
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