Brayton v. Freese

Smith, J. —

This was a proceeding under the provisions of article 2, chapter 42, of the R. S., and an act amendatory thereto, approved January 13th, 1845 — Acts of 1845, p. 13 — against the canal boat Plannet. A writ of attachment was issued on the 29th of March, 1845, by a justice of the peace, upon an affidavit filed by Benjamin C. Brayton. The boat was attached, and the writ served upon George D. Brayton, the piaster of the boat, by whom the debt was contracted, and also upon Milton Freese, the master then in possession of the boat. The transcript of the justice, as modified by an agreement…