PEH188
Title
PEH188
Hirsch Summary
A, who intended to transport goods on a specific ship, made an oral agreement with his friend B that B would assume the transportation risk for a specified amount. A showed B a similar ship since the original ship was no longer at the shore. However, the ship was captured by pirates, and A demanded payment from B. B refused, claiming that the captured ship had only 45 cannons, whereas the one shown to him had 50 cannons. Samuel ben David Chiskijahu Mendez de Sola ruled in favor of A. B knew the ship's name and could have informed himself about its condition. If the risk seemed too great to him, he should have declined within a few days, not after a long time when the damage occurred.
Volume
2
Local
27
Written Date
1743-01-29
Published Date (est.)
1743-06-23
Author Short Name
MendezSbD
Author
Mendez de Sola, Samuel ben David
Rector Short Name
AthiasD
Rector
Athias, David Israel
Collection
Citation
“PEH188,” Pri Ets Haim Amsterdam Responsa, accessed July 6, 2025, https://pehh.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/9060.