The Laura
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being thus: The high-pressure steamér Savory and the steamer Laura, a low-pressure steamer of a rival line, were in the habit, in the year 1866, of plying on Lake Pontchartrain; that is to say, of going up and down from the months of the rivers Tangipahoa and Tchefuncta (streams which empty into the .north part of the lake), and from the towns of Mandeville and Madisonville . (also on the north part of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being thus: The high-pressure steamér Savory and the steamer Laura, a low-pressure steamer of a rival line, were in the habit, in the year 1866, of plying on Lake Pontchartrain; that is to say, of going up and down from the months of the rivers Tangipahoa and Tchefuncta (streams which empty into the .north part of the lake), and from the towns of Mandeville and Madisonville . (also on the north part of 'the lake — its northeast part — and not far from each other, or from the mouths of the rivers named), to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Some attempt is made to show that the Laura and the Savory were rival vessels in the same trade, and that the result was due to the wish of the owner or the master of the Laura ,to remove a competitor in business. But of this there is nothing but suspicion. On the contrary, there is strong evidence that the master of the Laura, who controlled her entirely in the matter, though her owner was on board, was governed by a sincere wish to afford all the relief he could to the Savory and her passengers and crew.
It is also argued that the master showed a culpable want of skill and judgment in…
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