City of Jeffersonville v. The Steam Ferryboat John Shallcross

This was an action by the.appellant to-recover for the use of the wharf, at said city of Jeffersonville, by said steam ferryboat, in carrying passengers, &c., between Jeffersonville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. The suit was commenced before the mayor of the city of Jefferson-ville, where there was judgment for the plaintiff, and the said boat having been attached and released on account of a bond having been filed, there was judgment by default against the ferry company, but no order .for the sale of the boat. . The process had been served on the captain of the boat, on one of the…