Srodes v. Caven
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Mleghany county. George W. Taylor and Linton Rogers hired a steamboat to William Srodes and Henry J. Beer, by charter party dated the 22d of of November 1830, from the day of its date until the 1st of July following, at 225 dollars a month.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Mleghany county. George W. Taylor and Linton Rogers hired a steamboat to William Srodes and Henry J. Beer, by charter party dated the 22d of of November 1830, from the day of its date until the 1st of July following, at 225 dollars a month. Before the expiration of the time, William Caven, the defendant, who was sheriff, by virtue of an execution against George W. Taylor and Linton Rogers, seized and took in execution and sold the said steamboat, and delivered the same to the purchaser : and this action of trespass was brought against him by Srodes and Beer for so…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
George W. Taylor and Linton Rogers entered into an'agreement, or charter party, for the hire of the steamboat Uncas, with'the plaintiffs, Srodes and Beer, from the 22d of November 1830 until the 1st of July of the same year, at the rate of 225 dollars a month. During ■ the existence of the charter party, and when the boat was in the possession of the charterers under the contract, the defendant William Caven, the sheriff, levied on the steamboat, took possession of her, and afterwards sold her for a debt due by Taylor and Rogers, the owners…
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