Laweliilii v. Hind

Citations

• 3 D. Haw. 182

Syllabus

<p>Admiralty practice — Service of mesne process: Service of mesne process in admiralty cannot be made on an agent of a defendant partnership. {Beversed, post, 186, 191.)</p> <p>Evidence — Admissibility of certificate of a custom house officer, which is a statement of his conclusions: A custom house certificate which is a statement of the conclusions or opinions of the collector, is not admissible in evidence.</p> <p>Admiralty — Certificate of enrollment of a vessel on the oath of one not an owner: A certificate of enrollment of a vessel on the oath of the master who is not an owner, is void.</p> <p>Partnership — Two firms with the same name and composed of the same persons and engaged in the same kind of business: Two firms composed of the same persons, and having the same partnership name and engaged in the same kind of business, are in law but one firm.</p>