Sheppard v. . Steele
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term in the third district, affirming a judgment entered upon the report of a referee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. The action was upon a bond given by William C. More and the defendants, Steele and Mills, dated September 12th, 1866, under and by virtue of an act of the legislature of the State of Hew York, passed April 24th, 1862, entitled “ An act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term in the third district, affirming a judgment entered upon the report of a referee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. The action was upon a bond given by William C. More and the defendants, Steele and Mills, dated September 12th, 1866, under and by virtue of an act of the legislature of the State of Hew York, passed April 24th, 1862, entitled “ An act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels. The plaintiff introduced in evidence on the trial, the application for attachment, specifications, and attachment with the…
1Opinion of the CourtFolger, J.
In 1866 one Fox, at his shipyard in South Bondout, in Ulster county, built the hull of a vessel, for Steele and others, the appellants. Sheppard, the plaintiff did the blacksmith work on, the vessel. For his claim for that work, he assumed that he had a lien on the vessel, by virtue of the statute of this State, entitled “ An act to provide for the collection of demands against ships and vessels passed April 24th, 1862. He took proceedings under that act, and by virtue of a warrant issued by the county judge of Ulster county, he seized the vessel. The appellant gave a bond, under the act, for…
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