Wright v. Brown

Brown, the owner of a flat-boat, brought an action against Wright and others, the owners, &c., of the steam-boat Wisconsin, alleging that while his, said Brown’s, flat-boat was moored.at the wharf in the city of Madison, on the Ohio river, laden with a cargo of, &c., of the value, &c., the defendants carelessly ran said steam-boat past said flat-boat, under a much greater head of steam than usual, and out of the ordinary channel, thereby producing waves of such violence, and so near to said flat-boat, that it was forced from its moorings, thrown upon a post on the shore, broken, sunk, &c., to…