Swain v. Knapp
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Washington county, for an accounting of the earnings of the steamboat Jennie ITayes, and for a sale of the boat and division of the proceeds. It was admitted by the pleadings that the plaintiff is the owner of an undivided one-third, and the defendant is the owner of the other two-thirds.
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This action was brought in the district court for Washington county, for an accounting of the earnings of the steamboat Jennie ITayes, and for a sale of the boat and division of the proceeds. It was admitted by the pleadings that the plaintiff is the owner of an undivided one-third, and the defendant is the owner of the other two-thirds. Upon motion of the plaintiff, upon the pleadings and an affidavit showing that the steamboat was in need of extensive repairs, and was not doing a remunerative business, and could not be operated profitably; that there was great risk of the destruction of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
From the pleadings in this case it appears that the plaintiff owns one-third and defendant two-thirds of the Jennie Hayes, a steamboat registered at the port of St. Paul, and plying upon the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers; that defendant has for some years been running the boat for himself and plaintiff; that there is a difference between them as to the state of the accounts of her earnings and expenses; that plaintiff is dissatisfied with defendant’s management of the boat and its business, and apprehensive of loss from its continuance; that he desires an accounting between them in respect…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- The Moses TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- The Steamboat Orleans v. PhœbusSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Judd v. DikeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- The LarchDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1855
- Tunno v. BetsinaDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1857
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