The Steamboat Clipper v. Logan
Ohio Supreme Court
This is a writ of error to the Superior Court of Cincinnati. The original action was trespass, brought by Logan against the steamboat Clipper, for wrongfully running into and damaging the steamboat Mail, while navigating the Ohio river, on the 20th of March, 1844. The case was tried at the June term, 1848, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, upon which a judgment was rendered.
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This is a writ of error to the Superior Court of Cincinnati. The original action was trespass, brought by Logan against the steamboat Clipper, for wrongfully running into and damaging the steamboat Mail, while navigating the Ohio river, on the 20th of March, 1844. The case was tried at the June term, 1848, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, upon which a judgment was rendered. Sundry bills of exceptions were taken during the progress of the trial, disclosing, among others, the following facts: 1. On the trial, the plaintiff, in support of the issue on his part, offered T. J.…
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
This is a case of collision between the steam *394boats Clipper and Mail, on the Ohio rivei;. The plaintiff below •was the owner of the Mail, and instituted proceedings to recover damages for the injury sustained by his boat, under the act of Feb. 26, 1840, entitled' “ an act providing for the collection of claims against steamboats and other watercraft, and authorizing proceedings against the same by name.”
By the third section of said act, it became necessary for the plaintiff to file, with his praecipe, “ a bill of the particulars of his demand, verified by his own affidavit, or that of his…
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