Charles Merrill Hough

“ Thus bottomry and respondentia have disappeared, but Stowell's treatment of these liens upon captures has disposed of claims based on hypothecated bills of lading securing bankers' drafts.
Such logical victories appeal especially to the bar, and the book is primarily for lawyers. But no other volume has clearly shown the reasons for Stowell's unique influence in prize. He was no mere practitioner, office bred and sharpened by immature advocacy; but a ripe scholar, a teacher of history, a sound common lawyer, a thorough civilian, an astute politician, and something of a courtier. ”

“ It is high distinction that any man's intellectual work endures for a century, yet in our day of steam, electricity, and international credits, Stowell's law, formulated for sailing ships that disappeared from knowledge on every voyage, has proven wholly applicable. ”

“ The longest-living author of this work died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 96 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. ”