Forsyth v. Perry
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Santa Eosa County. This was an action of trespass on the case, instituted by the Appellee, to recover the value of a negro slave, who was drowned in the attempt to execute an order of the Mate of a Steamboat belonging to Appellants.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Santa Eosa County. This was an action of trespass on the case, instituted by the Appellee, to recover the value of a negro slave, who was drowned in the attempt to execute an order of the Mate of a Steamboat belonging to Appellants. The negro slave was hired to the Appellants, to he employed as a hand on board their Steamboat, and whilst in tlieir employ the order was given which resulted in the loss of the slave to the Appellee.
1Opinion of the CourtSemmes, J.
This was an action of trespass on tlie case, brought by the respondent against the appellants, as owners of the Steamboat “ General Hamer,” to recover the value of a negro slave, the property of respondent, and who was hired on hoard said boat, and alleged to have been lost through the carelessness and misconduct of the mate. The slave was ordered to jump on hoard said steamer from a flat-boat laying along-side. In the attempt to do so, he struck the guards of the steamer, fell into the water and was drowned.
On the trial of the cause, upon the plea of the general issue, the Court below…
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