Ferrari v. Board of Health

Citations

• 24 Fla. 390

Syllabus

<p>1. The quarantine act of 1885, taken by itself alone, does uot, by virtue of the general powers it confers on County Boards of Health, authorize charges to be made against a vessel for quarantine purposes.</p> <p>2. Where several acts are in pari materia, being on the same subject, and having in view one object, they should be construed to- . gether as one system, although containing no reference to each other.</p> <p>3. The County Boards of Health, under the act of 1885, construing that act in connection with the quarantine acts of 1879 and 1883, are authorized to make charges against a vessel for quarantine services, if under the authority given by the latter act they have made proper provision therefor.</p> <p>4. A reasonable charge according to tonnage of the material for the use of a crib erected by the Board for receiving ballast, is proper where the discharge of the ballast is for ihe purpose of disinfection, but it is not proper to base any charge on the tonnage of the vessel.</p> <p>5. A contract made under duress cannot be enforced, but if bad only for that cause, it is voidable, and if ratified after the duress has ceased, it becomes valid and enforceable.</p>