Beardslee v. Perry
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This suit was brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants and one Isaac Van Houten, in the circuit for the county of St. Louis, for the April term, T845, thereof, to recover the value of a slave hired by the plaintiff Hannah, before her marriage with the plaintiff Charles Beardsiee, to the defendants, to serve on their steamboat called the “Harry of the West,” and lost while in their service.
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ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. STATEMENT OF THE CASE. This suit was brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants and one Isaac Van Houten, in the circuit for the county of St. Louis, for the April term, T845, thereof, to recover the value of a slave hired by the plaintiff Hannah, before her marriage with the plaintiff Charles Beardsiee, to the defendants, to serve on their steamboat called the “Harry of the West,” and lost while in their service. The declaration is in case, and consists of three counts. The fust count is ir; trover, alleging that the said Hannah, while unmarried, was…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.
From the above statement, it .will be seen that the point before us for adjudication involves the propriety of the only instruction given by the court below for the defendants. In order to be able the better to understand this point, we will here insert the entire evidence produced by the plaintiffs. “The deposition of John Carlisle: In March, 1844.
I hired to the Harry of the West, a negro boy (David) belonging to Hannah Andromache Smith, now the wife of Charles Beardslee, at the time that I hired said boy, I was employed on said boat as pilot. I made the contract of hiring with the mate of…
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