Hallock v. Belcher & Sackett
New York Supreme Court
IH August, 1859, William H. Sackett and others commenced an action in this court against Hardee & Good-bred, of Florida, for about $500, and issued an attachment, under which the sheriff took some goods on board the schooner Julia M. Hallock, then lying in the port of Hew York, bound for Florida.
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IH August, 1859, William H. Sackett and others commenced an action in this court against Hardee & Good-bred, of Florida, for about $500, and issued an attachment, under which the sheriff took some goods on board the schooner Julia M. Hallock, then lying in the port of Hew York, bound for Florida. Thereupon Belcher & Sackett, defendants in this action, executed to this plaintiff Hallock, the owner of said schooner, a bond, in the penalty of $5000, conditioned for the payment of “all expenses, damages and charges which might be incurred by the owner or master of the schooner, or to which they…
1Opinion of the CourtClerks, J.
In addition to expenses, damages, and charges alleged to have been directly and immediately incurred by the plaintiff in unloading the merchandise from the schooner, mentioned in the bond upon which this action is brought, *201he also claims compensation for legal expenses incurred by him in defending a suit in Florida commenced against the schooner by the consignees of the said merchandise. The referee allows $650 for these legal expenses. Are the defendants liable for them, under the bond ? The condition of the obligation provides for the payment of all expenses, damages and charges which may…
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