Smith v. Pierce
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district. This was an action to recover damages from the owners of the tow-boat Grampus, for having run the vessel of the plaintiff s ashore, while towing her to sea. The damages were laid at two thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-three cents, and the defendants pleaded the general issue.
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Appeal from the court of the first district. This was an action to recover damages from the owners of the tow-boat Grampus, for having run the vessel of the plaintiff s ashore, while towing her to sea. The damages were laid at two thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-three cents, and the defendants pleaded the general issue. The captain of the vessel testified, that about eight o’clock in the evening he was ordered by the Grampus, to put his helm two spokes to starboard, and to let it remain so until further orders. That there was a regular watch on his vessel during the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mathews J.
delivered the opinion of the court. This suit is brought to obtain reparation for damages, which the plaintiffs alleged they have suffered as owners of the brig Jesse,by the negligent and unskilful towing of said vessel by the steamboat Grampus, down the Mississippi, &c. The owners of the boat are made defendants. The cause was tried by a jury in the court below, who found a verdict for |the plaintiffs, and assessed their damages to two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents, for which, judgment was rendered and the defendants appealed.
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