Byrne v. Hooper

On the 21st of October, 1841, a number of persons having brought suit against the steamer Robert Fulton and owners, for wages, provisions furnished and repairs, amounting to' betwéen five and six thousand dollars, Isaac Hooper, the master, and one of the owners of the boat, confessed" judgments in the several suits on the same day, and writs of fieri facias 'were issued immediately on each of them. On the next day, Hooper entered into a written consent that the boat should be sold, after twelve days’ advertisement, for cash. From the return of the sheriff, it appears that he seized the Robert…