Posey v. Scoville
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
In Admiralty. The Bonnie Lee was a passenger and freight steam-boat, making regular trips on the Mississippi and Red rivers, between New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; was owned by Noah Sooville, and was being run, under charter, by the New Orleans & Red River Transportation Company. Jefferson B. Posey was the second clerk of the boat. On August 7, 1880, in accordance with the usual public advertisements, the Bonnie Lee left New Orleans, bound for Shreveport.
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In Admiralty. The Bonnie Lee was a passenger and freight steam-boat, making regular trips on the Mississippi and Red rivers, between New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; was owned by Noah Sooville, and was being run, under charter, by the New Orleans & Red River Transportation Company. Jefferson B. Posey was the second clerk of the boat. On August 7, 1880, in accordance with the usual public advertisements, the Bonnie Lee left New Orleans, bound for Shreveport. Between 7 and 8 o’clock on the night of the ninth of August, 1880, when near Lenoir point, on Red river, about 85 miles from its…
1Opinion of the Court
Paedbe,, C. J.
The evidence in the record leaves no doubt that the boiler of the Bonnie Lee exploded, causing the injuries to and the death of Jefferson B. Posey; nor can there be any doubt that the explosion was caused by a defective boiler. The theory of a snagging—
“Which tore a hole in the hold of the boat 12 or 15 feet aft of the forward hatch, on the port side, nearly under the forward mud-drum, and broke off the mud-driun leg, and tearing open the timbers of the hull, and causing the bow to be raised up suddenly very high and then to fall, causing the boat to be hogged amidships, and…
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