David v. Eloi

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court delivered by

Porter, J.

The defendants are charged in the petition to be jointly and severally responsible to the plaintiff for various articles furnished to the steamboat Stranger, on the ground that they were owners of the boat, and connected in a commercial partnership “in the ownership of said steamboat, and for carrying personal property therein for freight and hire; the said steamboat being employed in the transportation of all such freight or passengers as might offer to be transported or carried therein.”

To this demand two principal…