Supreme Court of Missouri March 15, 1854 (Childs v. The Steamboat Brunette)

Ryland, Judge,

■ delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question necessary to be determined in this case, involves the meaning of the term ££ agent,” as used in our act concerning boats and vessels.

The statute makes every boat or vessel used in navigating the waters of this state liable and subject to a lien in the following cases. I omit the first class. Second.