Scudder v. Woodbridge
Supreme Court of Georgia
This was an action on the case, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, in the Superior Court of Chatham county, and was tried if» said Superior Court before Judge Fleming, at May Term, 1846. For the facts of the case, and the error assigned, see the opinion of the court, Ksapra.)
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, Judge.
Wylly Woodbridge brought an action on the case against Amos Scudder, to recover the value of a negro boy, by the name of Ned, a carpenter, killed on board the Ivanhoe, owned by the defendant. It was alleged in the declaration that the property was lost by the carelessness and mismanagement of the captain of the boat, who was employed by the owner. This boy had been hired as a carpenter to make the trip from Savannah to St. Mary’s, and becoming entangled in the watef-wheel, in aiding to get the boat off, be was drowned. Judge Fleming, before whom the cause was tried…
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