Georgia Supreme Court Augusta

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Download or read book Georgia, Supreme Court, Savannah written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four cases were consolidated together in a dispute concerning the distribution of proceeds, following the sale of three steamboats, the John A Moore, the Columbia and the Talomico, which had been navigating the Savannah river. The Bank of Augusta had foreclosed on its mortgage and claimed priority in getting payment over and above other creditors. In this case Goodrich claimed [dollars] 3,170.16 for work he had done on board the John A Moore, William Schley claimed [dollars] 3,000 for machinery for the same vessel, Charles Grim claimed he was owed [dollars] 1,323 for services as a machinist and carpenter and the firms of Buckmaster & Derry, McCord, Horton & Walton and L Hopkins & Co also submitted their claims for substantial amounts. The slaves Billy, Joe, Bob and John had been employed upon the Columbia and the Talomico and their hire fees had not been paid. The sheriff of Richmond county had in his hands a sum of money raised from the sale of three steamboats (the John A Moore, the Columbia and the Talomico), which was claimed by various parties under writs of fieri facias and the Steamboat Lien Laws. This case was heard together with the cases of Joseph M Newby v James Hope et al (manuscript case A-03351), James Hope et al v Samuel Moore and Thomas N Philpot (manuscript case A-03352) and Solomon C White et al v James Hope et al (manuscript case A-03345). All the parties submitted certain questions of law to the court, which on the evidence made nineteen decisions, all of which were excepted to by one or other of the parties. The Supreme Court held that there was no lien which extended to the hire of slaves on these steamboats, that the foreclosure of the mortgage involved no defects or irregularities, and that the claims of White and Gooodrich for construction work on the John A Moore were properly excluded. The mortgage lien had to be protected. The creditors whose claims were judged to be valid could claim against the proceeds of the sale of the John A Moore.