Munroe v. Thomas

Citations

• 5 Cal. 470

Syllabus

<p>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.</p> <p>The term appurtenances used in the return of a levy by a sheriff, is too general, vague, and indefinite, to comprehend in its meaning any personal property as the subject of levy : nothing, therefore, is passed by the sale.</p>