Title 19 — Personal Relations

A thing in action is a right to recover money or other personal property by a judicial proceeding. SOURCE: CC '953.

A thing in action, arising out of the violation of a right of property, or out of an obligation, may be transferred by the owner. Upon the death of the owner it passes to his personal representatives, except where, in the cases provided in Title 7 of this Code, it passes to his d…

No assignment of, or order for, wages or salary shall be valid unless made in writing by the person by whom the said the said wages or salary are earned and no assignment of, or order for, wages or salary made by a COL120106 married person shall be valid unless the written consen…

Plaintiff Dies Before Judgment; Assignment of Cause of Actions Prohibited. A thing of action arising out of a wrong which results in physical injury to the person or out of a statute imposing liability for such injury shall not abate by reason of the death of the wrongdoer or any…

The term ship or shipping, when used in Titles 18 through 21 of this Code, includes steamboat, sailing vessels, canal boats, barges, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons. SOURCE: CC '960.

All things, belonging to the owners, which are on board a ship, and are connected with its proper use, for the objects of the voyage and adventure in which the ship is engaged, are deemed its appurtenances. SOURCE: CC '961. NOTE: CC '962 did not exist.

A ship in a port of the country to which it belongs is called a domestic ship; in another port it is called a foreign ship. SOURCE: CC '963.

If a ship belongs to several persons, not partners, and they differ as to its use or repair, the controversy may be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction. SOURCE: CC '964.

COL120106 If the owner of a ship commits its possession and navigation to another, that other, and not the owner, is responsible for its repairs and supplies. SOURCE: CC '965. NOTE: CC ''966 through 969 did not exist. ---------- PART 2 RULES OF NAVIGATION

The rules of navigation enacted or adopted by the Congress of the United States apply within the marginal waters of the Territory of Guam, and such local rules and regulations, not in conflict therewith, promulgated by the Governor of Guam. SOURCE: CC '970. CROSS-REFERENCES: See …

No ship shall enter any harbor of Guam, except in emergencies, without permission of the Governor of Guam. SOURCE: CC '971. CROSS-REFERENCES: See the laws governing the Customs & Quarantine Division of the Department of Commerce for more requirements for entry into Guam ports and…

Damage to person or property arising from the failure of a ship to observe any rule of § 31210, must be deemed to have occasioned by the COL120106 wilful default of the person in charge of the deck of such ship at the time, unless it appears that the circumstances of the case mad…

Losses caused by collision are to be borne as follows: 1. If either party was exclusively in fault he must bear his own loss, and compensate the other for any loss he has sustained. 2. If neither was in fault, the loss must be borne by him on whom it falls. 3. If both were in fau…

The author of any product of the mind, whether it is an invention, or a composition in letters or art, or a design, with or without delineation, or other graphical representation, has an exclusive ownership therein, and in COL120106 the representation or expression thereof, which…

Unless otherwise agreed, a product of the mind in the product of which several persons are jointly concerned, is owned by them as follows 1. If the product is single, in equal proportions; 2. If it is not single, in proportion to the contribution of each. SOURCE: CC '981.

The owner of any product of the mind, or of any representation or expression thereof, may transfer his property in the same. SOURCE: CC '982.

If the owner of a product of the mind intentionally makes it public, a copy or reproduction may be made public by any person, without responsibility to the owner, so far as the law of Guam is concerned. SOURCE: CC '983. CROSS-REFERENCES: For federal law on this subject, which is …

If the owner of a product of the mind does not make it public, any other person subsequently and originally producing the same thing has the same right therein as the prior author, which is exclusive to the same extent against all persons except the prior author, or those claimin…

Letters and other private communications in writing belong to the person to whom they are addressed and delivered; but they cannot be published against the will of the writer, except by authority of law. SOURCE: CC '985. NOTE: CC ''986 through 990 did not exist. COL120106 -------…

One who produces or deals in a particular thing, or conducts a particular business, may appropriate to his exclusive use, as a trademark, any form, symbol, or name which has not been so appropriated by another, to designate the origin or ownership thereof; but he cannot exclusive…

The good will of a business is the expectation of continued public patronage, but it does not include a right to use the name of any person from whom it was acquired. SOURCE: CC '992.

The good will of a business is property, transferable like any other, and the person transferring it may transfer with it the right of using the name under which the business is conducted. SOURCE: CC '993.

Instruments essential to the title of real property, and which are not kept in a public office as a record, pursuant to law, belong to the person in whom, for the time being, such title may be vested, and pass with the title. SOURCE: CC '994. NOTE: CC ''995 through 999 did not ex…