Jones v. Patten

Frederick Van Patten sued William Shultz in an action of assumpsit, on the following instrument:

“This article of agreement, made this 28th day of January, 1848, between Frederick Van Patten, of the first part, and William Shultz, of the second part, witnesseth, that said Frederick Van Patten binds himself to furnish a good sound flat-boat, with a pilot and six able bow-hands, for the purpose of boating corn down the Wabash, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers, to said William Shultz; and said Shultz shall pay to said Van Patten, for each and every bushel delivered at any point on said rivers,…