Slade v. State ex rel. McClaskey

Debt on the bond of Slade and his sureties, charging the former with negligence in piloting certain boats over the falls of the Ohio river. Pleas — 1. Not guilty of carelessness in piloting said boats; 2. That said boats were not lost by the carelessness of said pilot; 3. That said pilot never conducted any boats of the relators of the plaintiff over the falls. All these pleas concluded to the country, and to them all the similiter was added. *34Jury trial, and verdict for the plaintiff. Motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict. Some instructions of the Court are copied by…