Allen v. Hart

This action is brought to recover two flat-boats loaded with corn, or #1200 for their value, on the averment that these boats, the property of the petitioner, were collusively and fraudulently sold to the defendants, Hart and Bossley, by one William Hovey, in whose charge they had been placed at some distance above Baton Rouge, to be taken to New Orleans, and there delivered to the plaintiff. There was a judgment below against the defendants, from which théy appealed.

The evidence clearly establishes the ownership of the plaintiff, the value of the boats and their cargoes, the employment of…