ABSTRACT
Cutter v Powell (1795) CKB The defendant was the master of a ship at Jamaica who wished to hire one Cutter as second mate for a voyage to England. He gave Cutter a note saying:
Ten days after the ship Governor Parry, myself master, arrives at Liverpool, I promise to pay to Mr T Cutter the sum of 30 guineas, provided he proceeds, continues and does his duty as second mate in the said ship from hence to the port of Liverpool.
