Munroe v. Thomas
Cases that cite this one
9 later published cases cite this decision.
- People Ex Rel. Spiers v. Lawley (Cal. Ct. App. 1911)
- Kenniff v. Caulfield (Cal. 1903)
- Gregory v. Blanchard (Cal. 1893)
- Hackett & Multnomah Ry. Co. v. Wilson & Montgomery (Or. 1885)
- Montgomery v. Multnomah Railway Co. (Or. 1884)
- In re Scott (United States District Court for the District of California 1880)
- Coburn v. Ames (Cal. 1877)
- Lippencott v. Allander (Iowa 1869)
- Wood v. Truckee Turnpike Co. (Cal. 1864)
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Opinion of the Court
Murray, C. J. concurred.
A ferry is a franchise, and is not the subject of levy, sale, or delivery, under execution. It involves a personal trust granted by the sovereign, upon conditions imposed upon the grantee alone, and his liability cannot be removed by substitution.
The term “ appurtenances,” used in the return of levy by the Sheriff, is too general, vague, and indefinite, to comprehend in its meaning any personal property as the subject of levy; it therefore passed nothing by the sale.
The order is reversed.
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