Holmes v. Steamer Chieftain

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Kras, J.

This action was instituted to recover $600 damages, and $500 the penalty of the statute of 1840, for an alleged transportation of a slave out of the State, upon the steamboat Chieflain, of which the defendants are the owners. The cause was submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for $300 damages, and for $500, the fine prescribed by the act, in conformity with which a judgment was rendered, from which the defendants have ap-paaled.

The plaintiff has moved to dismiss the appeal. The conclusion at which we heve…