Clapp v. T. W. Stanton & Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from -tlie Sixth District Court of New Orleans,
1Opinion of the CourtLabauve, J.
Tlie plaintiffs claim of the defendants the sum of §805 55, for damages, alleged to have been sustained by the schooner Carrie Sanford, through the fault and negligence of the defendants, owners of the steam tow-boat Anglo Saxon.
The Anglo Saxon left the Bar on the 21st December, 1858, with two ships, made fast on each side, and two small vessels astern — the Oarrie Sanford and a Spanish barque, the Providencia. Tlie vessels astern were towod by hawsers, fifty or sixty fathoms in length, and made fast in the usual way, by the bits aft on tho tow-boat, the Carrie Sanford on tlie port sido and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. PierceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1830
- Davis v. HourenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843