Pierce v. Flower

The plaintiff and appellee, being at Louisville, in Kentucky, on a voyage down the river, took charge of a flat boat laden with flour, consigned to the appellants, which *389was then in a bad condition, with her cargo partly damaged, in consequence of her having run aground, on her way from Frankfort, to the falls of Ohio. It appears that when the appellee took possession of the boat, all her hands had left her, and that one Conway, who had the care of her, was about to forsake her also. One of the witnesses says positively: "the boat was left at Louisville, by Hardin and Conway both ; the other…