White v. Tisdale

Chapter 120 of the. Code of 1851 provides for actions against boats. Plaintiff brought his action against the “Des Moines Belle,” and after her seizure, a bond was given as contemplated by § 2124, which provides that the boat may be discharged before final judgment by the giving of a bond, with sureties to be approved by the officers serving the warrant, conditioned that the obligors will pay the amount found due the plaintiff, with costs. The next section (2125) provides that if the boat has been thus discharged, the execution shall issue against the principal and sureties in the bond…