Adams v. New-Orleans Steam Tow-Boat Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. ATTEAL FROM THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to render the defendants liable for injuries done to a vessel, which one of their tow-boats was towing from the city of New-Orleans to tbe sea. The case turns mainly on mere matters of fact, which are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court.
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Eastern Dist. ATTEAL FROM THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action to render the defendants liable for injuries done to a vessel, which one of their tow-boats was towing from the city of New-Orleans to tbe sea. The case turns mainly on mere matters of fact, which are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court. The district judge, before whom the case was tried, after examining all the evidence of the case, came to the conclusion that the defendants were liable, and that the injury sustained by the plaintiffs was one thousand three hundred and sixty-one, dollars and ninety cents;…
1Opinion of the CourtCarleton, J.
The plaintiffs claim the sum of eighteen hundred and fifty eight dollars and thirty-one cents, being expenses and damages caused, as they allege, by the fault and neglect of defendants, in towing down the river, the brig Sarah and' Elizabeth, by the steam tow-boat Post Boy, belonging to them, under the command of T. A. Pinegar. They allege, that the brig was suffered to run athwart a ship, lying at anchor in the river, by which injury was done to her hull and rigging, giving rise to various expenses detailed in the petition, which, together with the damages sustained, and the further item of…
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