Steam Vessel Moses Taylor v. Hammons
Supreme Court of the United States
In error to the county court of the city and comity of San Francisco. In this case the summons reads as follows: “ State of California.—In the justice’s court of the sixth township, in and for the city and county of San Francisco : “ The people of the state of California, to the steam vessel Hoses Taylor, greeting: “ You are hereby summoned to appear before me at my office, in the sixth township of the city and county of San Francisco, on the 16th day of November, A. D.,…
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In error to the county court of the city and comity of San Francisco. In this case the summons reads as follows: “ State of California.—In the justice’s court of the sixth township, in and for the city and county of San Francisco : “ The people of the state of California, to the steam vessel Hoses Taylor, greeting: “ You are hereby summoned to appear before me at my office, in the sixth township of the city and county of San Francisco, on the 16th day of November, A. D., 1863, at two o’clock, P. M., to answer unto the complaint of Wilson Hammons, who claims to recover of you the sum of $200…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This case arises upon certain provisions of á statute of California regulating proceedings in civil cases in the courts of *472that state (Laws of California, of 1851, p. 51). The sixth chapter of the statute relates to actions against steamers, vessels and boats, and provides that they shall be liable—■ 1st. For services rendered on board of them, at the request of, or on contract with their respectice owners, agents, masters or consignees ; ‘2d. For supplies furnished for their use upon the like request; 3d. For materials furnished in their construction, repair or equipment; 4th. For their…
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