Kean v. Rice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. From the record of this case, returned on a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, it appeared, that it was an action of trespass, brought by John Kean, the plaintiff in error, against Philip Rice, the defendant in.error, for forcibly seizing him and his vessel, called the Hiram, imprisoning him, and converting the vessel to the defendant’s use.
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IN ERROR. From the record of this case, returned on a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, it appeared, that it was an action of trespass, brought by John Kean, the plaintiff in error, against Philip Rice, the defendant in.error, for forcibly seizing him and his vessel, called the Hiram, imprisoning him, and converting the vessel to the defendant’s use. The material facts proved on the trial were, that the plaintiff being on board the Hiram, taking oysters, in Delaware Bay, off the mouth of Maurice river, and within Maurice river cove, at a place,…
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
This is action of assault and battery, and false imprisonment, in which the defendant is also charged with a trespass, in forcibly seizing the plaintiff’s vessel, called “the Hiram” and converting it to his own use use. The material facts are, that the plaintiff, being on board the Hiram, taking oysters, in the bay of Delaware, off the mouth of Maurice river, opposite to the county of Cumberland in the state of New Jersey, was forcibly captured by the defendant and others, who took possession of the Hiram, having the plaintiff on board, and conducted her into a harbour in the said county of…
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