Culbertson v. the Steamer Southern Belle
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is an appeal, in admiralty, from the decree of the circuit court, for the eastern district of Louisiana.
The libel states that the libellant was the owner of a flat-boat, called The Rainbow, with a cargo of the value of three thousand dollars and upwards; that the said boat, with its cargo, being a stanch vessel of its kind, with an efficient crew, on a voyage down the Mississippi River, was moored, at night, at Grand Gulf, in the proper and usual place for flat-boats, and securely tied to the bank of the fiver; that while so fastened, close to the shore, the steamer Southern Belle, a…
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