Harbors and Navigation Code - HNC
DIVISION 4. MASTERS, CREWS AND CARGOES [790 - 876]
( Division 4 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) CHAPTER 2. Ship Masters and Cargoes [800 - 821]
( Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368. ) 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.)