Robert Boyce, in Error v. Paul Anderson, in Error
Supreme Court of the United States
WRIT of error to the circuit court of Kentucky. The case was submitted to the Court, on the part of the counsel for the plaintiff in error, Mr Rowan, upon the following brief.
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WRIT of error to the circuit court of Kentucky. The case was submitted to the Court, on the part of the counsel for the plaintiff in error, Mr Rowan, upon the following brief. This was an action in the court below against defendants in error, ownersof the steam boat Washington, to recoverfrom them the value of four slaves, the property of the plaintiff, who, he alleged, were delivered to the commandants of said boat, to be carried thereon, and who, he alleged, were drowned by the carelessness, negligence, neglect or mismanagement of the captain and commandants of the said steam boat. The…
1Opinion of the Court
. Mr Chief Justice ■ Makshall
delivered, the opinion of the Court.
This was an. action brought in the court of the United States, for the seventh circuit and district of Kentucky, against the defendants, owners, &c.
There being no special contract between the parties in this case, the. principal, question arises on the opinion expressed by the court, “ that the doctrine of common carriers does not apply to the case of carrying intelligent beings, such as negroes.”. That doctriné is, that the carrier is responsible for every loss which is not produced by inevitable accident. It has been pressed…
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