Le batel est oblige a la marchandise et la marchandise au batel

The ship is liable to the cargo and the cargo to the ship. The owner of the cargo has a lien, by the maritime law, upon the ship for the safe custody, due transport, and right delivery of the same, as much as the ship-owner has upon the cargo for the freight, as expressed in the maxim. The Maggie Hammond v Morland (US) 9 Wall 435, 19 L Ed 772, 777.