819. Unless otherwise expressly agreed, or unless the contracting parties give exclusive credit to the owner, the master of a vessel is personally liable upon his contracts relative to the vessel, even when the owner is also liable.(Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)
California Legal Code
§ 819
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