Clifford v. Smith

Debt on a penal bond by Smith against Clifford and others. The issues of fact were submitted to a jury. "Verdict for 2,000 dollars. Motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict. The evidence is all in the record.

The bond, in the penalty of 5,000 dollars, has the following condition, the recital of which will tend to throw light on the subsequent pleadings, viz., that whereas Smith had that day leased the steamboat DeKalb for three months from January 19, 1848, together with all her tackle, áse., for 1,000 dollars, payable in three equal monthly instalments, for which Clifford…