Carson v. Steamboat Daniel Hillman
Supreme Court of Missouri
•Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. On the 11th day of July, 1851, Elbridge Gr. Clark, one’of the constables of St. Louis'township, levied on the steamboat Daniel Hillman, in his township, under warrants from a justice of the peace, on lien claims under the statute.
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•Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. On the 11th day of July, 1851, Elbridge Gr. Clark, one’of the constables of St. Louis'township, levied on the steamboat Daniel Hillman, in his township, under warrants from a justice of the peace, on lien claims under the statute. The boat ■not being bonded out in five days, the constable, on the 17th day of July, 1851, made a statement of the fact to the St. Louis Court of Common Pleas, and on that day an order was made by the Court, directing the constable to sell said boat', and on the 7th day of August, 1851, the same was sold by the…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
1. The only question which is presented for our consideration in this case, is, whether a lien upon a steamboat, arising upon an open running account, continues, for the purpose of being enforced by action against the boat, for the period of six months from the date of the last item. In the case of Austin v. Stine, 9 Mo. Rep. 558, it was held that the lien, under the act giving liens to mechanics and others upon buildings, might be filed within six months from the time the last item of lumber *258mentioned in a running account was furnished, and that the demand accrued from the date of that last…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Beckwith v. BoyceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1845
- Steam Boat Mary Blane v. BeehlerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1849
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