Weller v. Eames
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the court of common pleas, Ramsey county. The defendant Eames only, appeared and answered. The cause was tried, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. It appears (from the paper book) that on the 20th of N ovember, 1867, the plaintiff, who was master of the steamboat “Ben.
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This action was brought in the court of common pleas, Ramsey county. The defendant Eames only, appeared and answered. The cause was tried, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. It appears (from the paper book) that on the 20th of N ovember, 1867, the plaintiff, who was master of the steamboat “Ben. Campbell,” had in his possession a quantity of apples belonging to one Bowers, (the other defendant) which he had received from the steamboat “ Centraba,” to deliver to Bowers, upon his paying to plaintiff for said “ Centraba ”, certain back charges, whigh were a lien upon the apples. A…
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
By the Court Plaintiff was captain of the steamboat “Ben Campbell,” upon which he transported for *467defendant Bowers a quantity of apples, which he, plaintiff, had received from the steamboat “Centraba,” subject to a ben upon the same in favor of the “Centraba” for freight charges thereon. This claim of lien being disputed. by Bowers, the plaintiff, without collecting said charges, delivered the apples to Bowers, upon receiving from him and his co-defendant Eames, a bond conditioned as follows; “Now therefore for the purpose of getting such apples from the possession of said John Weller, this…
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