Emerson v. Steamboat
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM CIRCUIT COURT, WINNEBAGO COUNTY. This action was commenced by George F. Emerson & Co., against the steamboat “Shawano City,” for the price of a force pump. The facts of .the case can be readily gathered from the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dixon,'C. J.
We are of the opinion that the appellants’ counsel cannot be sustained in the point upon which they rely for reversing the judgment appealed from. The force pump, for the price of which the action is brought, was furnished by the appellants for the use of the boat, on the 13th of June, 1858, on a credit of 3 months. The time of credit having expired, and the price not having been paid by the owners of the boat, on the 4th of Dec, 1858, this suit was instituted, and the boat seized under the statute authorizing proceedings against boats and vessels for the collection…
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