Fraser v. Sheldon

THE COURT.

The complaint was filed on April 22, 1909, and the action is to recover possession of the value of certain personal property which plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he “is the owner of and entitled to the immediate and exclusive possession of,”—namely: “One twin screw boat called the Skimmer, formerly named the Fruitvale, including the pair of new Clifton engines upon said boat,” and other described articles constituting her equipment; also two old barges and their equipment which, it is alleged, “lay on September 16, 1907, on the mud flat just below Benicia, California, at…