Pentz v. Clarke
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The nature of the case is stated in the ojoinion of. the Court. The Steamer Massachusetts was purchased in New York for $20,000, from A. J. Richardson hy Samuel J. Pentz, and it was conveyed to him and his brother, the appellant, by bill of sale dated Vth of February, 1863, and recorded at the Baltimore Custom House on the 21st of March, 1865. On the 24th of June, 186T, Samuel J. Pentz and the appellant mortgaged said steamer…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The nature of the case is stated in the ojoinion of. the Court. The Steamer Massachusetts was purchased in New York for $20,000, from A. J. Richardson hy Samuel J. Pentz, and it was conveyed to him and his brother, the appellant, by bill of sale dated Vth of February, 1863, and recorded at the Baltimore Custom House on the 21st of March, 1865. On the 24th of June, 186T, Samuel J. Pentz and the appellant mortgaged said steamer to the Old Town Savings Institution of Baltimore to secure the sum of $20,000 loaned to Samuel. By bill of sale dated…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This suit was brought against the appellant, part-owner of the steamer “Massachusetts,” for work done and materials furnished by the appellees, in repairing said steamer, in the city of Baltimore, the home port, where the appellant resided.
The evidence shows the repairs were necessary, and that they were done upon the order of the captain, who was also at the time part-owner of the steamer, but without any authority from the appellant. The main question presented by the record is, whether the captain had the authority under such circumstances, to pledge the credit of the appellant for the…
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