Buel v. New-York Steamer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the parish court for the parish and city of New Orleans. This is an. action against the captain and steamer New-York, to re- [542] cover the sum of $1500 as the value, and $200 for expenses, of the slave Prince, which the plaintiff alleges belonged to bim, and was carried away by said boat in the month of June, 1836. He prays judgment for said sum, and that the steamboat be sequestered. The defendant, E. W. Burge, captain of said boat, pleaded a general denial.
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Appeal from the parish court for the parish and city of New Orleans. This is an. action against the captain and steamer New-York, to re- [542] cover the sum of $1500 as the value, and $200 for expenses, of the slave Prince, which the plaintiff alleges belonged to bim, and was carried away by said boat in the month of June, 1836. He prays judgment for said sum, and that the steamboat be sequestered. The defendant, E. W. Burge, captain of said boat, pleaded a general denial. Upon these pleadings and issues the case was tried before the court and a jury. The plaintiff offered evidence of his…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
Plaintiff alleges that in the month of June, 1836, the steamboat New-York, Captain Burge, carried away a slave named Prince, the property of said *328plaintiff, which never was returned, and was lost in consequence of his being carried away out of the State by the said steamboat, that the said slave was worth $1500, besides which, plaintiff avers he has sustained damages by the absence of his said slave and expenses in endeavoring to recover the same, to the amount of $200. He prays that a writ of sequestration issue against the steamboat New-York, and for judgment for the sum of $1700. The…
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