Alderson v. Schulze

The following opinion was filed September 22, 1885 :

Oetoh, J.

The complaint substantially alleges that the parties were joint owners of a steamboat; the appellant owning one third, and the respondent two thirds, thereof. The respondent offered to purchase of the appellant his one-third interest for $100, and the appellant accepted the proposition, and the respondent replied that he would let the appellant know the nest morning. The respondent the same night secretly and fraudulently ran the steamboat off and away into the waters of another state, and there so un-skilfully, negligently, and…