Begley v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The plaintiff attached the supposed interest of the defendants in the steam-boat Wm. L. Robeson, on the 28th April, 1838. Larkin F. Wood and others, intervened, and claimed to be the owners.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The plaintiff attached the supposed interest of the defendants in the steam-boat Wm. L. Robeson, on the 28th April, 1838. Larkin F. Wood and others, intervened, and claimed to be the owners. Wood claimed to be the owner of all the interest of the defendants in said boat, in virtue of a bill of sale signed by them, and dated at Memphis, Tennessee, the 8th of April, 1838, and which they enclosed in a letter addressed to the firm of Larkin F. Wood & Sinnott, in New-Orleans, dated at the former place, the 24th of April, 1838. This letter was…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff attached the supposed interest of the defendants in the steam-boat Wm. L. Robeson.
Larkin F. Wood intervened, and showed that at the time of suing out the attachment, the defendants had executed a «deed of sale, and delivery of their interest as part owners in the steam-boat, to him. 'There was judgment in his favor, and the plaintiff appealed.
The counsel for the plaintiff urges that a change of papers relating to the registry of the vessel at the custom-house was necessary to vest title in the purchaser, and relies on the act of Congress, passed in 1792, section 11, concerning…
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