Duggins v. Watson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Independence Oireuit Court. Hon. B. H. Neely, Circuit Judge. No matter bow mucb to blame tlie Cate Joyeuse might be, Duggins bad a right to sne- tbe defendants, if tbe Talma was in tbe wrong, as tbe injured partj may sue one, some or all joint wrong doers. 1 Ch. PI- (7 Am. Ed.) 91; Marsh vs. Williams, 1 IIow. {Miss.) 138; Bishop vs. Ely, 9 J. B. 291; Goodrich vs. Rogers <& Strader, 5 West.
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Error to Independence Oireuit Court. Hon. B. H. Neely, Circuit Judge. No matter bow mucb to blame tlie Cate Joyeuse might be, Duggins bad a right to sne- tbe defendants, if tbe Talma was in tbe wrong, as tbe injured partj may sue one, some or all joint wrong doers. 1 Ch. PI- (7 Am. Ed.) 91; Marsh vs. Williams, 1 IIow. {Miss.) 138; Bishop vs. Ely, 9 J. B. 291; Goodrich vs. Rogers <& Strader, 5 West. Lana Journal 20. Because tbe plaintiff was a shipper and passenger on the Cate Joyeuse, to. say that he cannot recover without the Cate Joyeuse could, is certainly giving greater liability to his…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice 'WatKINS
delivered the opinion of'the Court.
The plaintiff in error sued the defendants in an action on the case, to recover damages for the loss of some beef-cattle,, belonging to him, and which had been shipped on board the Cate Joy-euse, bound for New Orleans. The declaration alleges that the Cate Joyeuse, descending the Mississippi river, met with the-steamboat Talma, of which the defendants were the owners, and that, by the negligence and mismanagement of the officers, who had charge of the Talma for the defendants, she ran into and sunk the Cate Joyeuse, whereby the…
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