Squires v. . Abbott
New York Court of Appeals
■ Appeal by the plaintiff from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of the defendants entered on the dismissal of the plaintiff ’s complaint.
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■ Appeal by the plaintiff from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of the defendants entered on the dismissal of the plaintiff ’s complaint. This action was brought on a bond given to the plaintiff by the defendants to obtain the discharge of a vessel seized by virtue of a warrant of attachment issued pursuant to "the provisions of the act entitled “An act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels,” passed April 24, 1862 (chap. 482 of the laws of that year), for the purpose of satisfying a…
1Opinion of the Court
Lott, Ch. C.
The only material question presented on the present appeal is, whether there had been a compliance with the requirement of the second section of chapter 482 of the Laws of 1862, entitled “An act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels,” for the continuance of the plaintiff’s debt, as a subsisting lien on the vessel seized under the warrant of attachment issued under the act, at the time of exhibiting the same as provided therein.
The decision of it depends on the construction and meaning of the section, which is in the following terms, viz.: “ Such debt…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Guy v. . MeadNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
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