Lockwood v. Lashell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. . This was an action on the case by the owners of the steamboat Caroline against the owners of the steamboat Consignee, to recover damages sustained by a collision of the vessels. The collision occurred on the night of the 9th of March, 1849, on the Ohio, about one hundred yards from the Virginia shore, the river being four hundred yards wide, and the water at a stage from eighteen to twenty feet deep.
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Error to the District Court of Allegheny county. . This was an action on the case by the owners of the steamboat Caroline against the owners of the steamboat Consignee, to recover damages sustained by a collision of the vessels. The collision occurred on the night of the 9th of March, 1849, on the Ohio, about one hundred yards from the Virginia shore, the river being four hundred yards wide, and the water at a stage from eighteen to twenty feet deep. The Caroline, a small stern-wheel boat, was ascending at a rate of three or three and a half miles an hour; the Consignee, a large side-wheel…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered, by
Lewis, J.
This, in the Court below, was an action to recover damages in an action on the case, brought by the owners of the steamboat Caroline, against the owners of the steamboat Consignee, to recover damages occasioned by a collision. The injury occurred on the 9th of March, 1849, on the Ohio river, in the state of Virginia, a short distance above Steubenville, Ohio. The Caroline was a small stern-wheel boat, and was ascending the river. The Consignee was a large side-wheel St. Louis boat, and was descending the river.
The owners of the Caroline…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fettretch v. ArmstrongThe Superior Court of New York City · 1868