Walker v. Anshutz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the District Court of Mlegheny county. Samuel Walker against The Steamboat St. Louis, Augustus Anshutz, owner. It appeared by an article of agreement, entered into on the 2d of January 1843, between Samuel Walker, the libellant, and Augustus Anshutz, the respondent, that Samuel Walker agreed to construct the hull of a steamboat scow, the St. Louis, to be delivered to Anshutz sometime in the month of March ensuing the date of the contract, to be paid for at various…
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ERROR to the District Court of Mlegheny county. Samuel Walker against The Steamboat St. Louis, Augustus Anshutz, owner. It appeared by an article of agreement, entered into on the 2d of January 1843, between Samuel Walker, the libellant, and Augustus Anshutz, the respondent, that Samuel Walker agreed to construct the hull of a steamboat scow, the St. Louis, to be delivered to Anshutz sometime in the month of March ensuing the date of the contract, to be paid for at various times, in orders upon different individuals, and the balance by Anshutz’s own notes, to fall due at six and twelve months…
1Per curiam
The principle which' governs this case, was settled in Jones v. Shawhan, If I can contract with another to sell and deliver me a steamboat at a day certain, there is no reason why he should have a lien on it after having parted with the property unconditionally, whether the boat be a new, or an old one; whether it be finished or unfinished, provided it answers the description in the contract; or whether the vendor had himself purchased it or built it with his own hands. The statute was not made for such a case. Mechanics and material men may follow the product of their labour or materials…
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