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- Title: William B. Culbertson, Appellant v. the Steamer Southern Belle; Henry B. Shaw
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1855
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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This is an appeal, in admiralty, from the decree of the circuit court, for the eastern district of Louisiana. The libel states that the libellant was the owner of a flat-boat, called The Rainbow, with a cargo of the value of three thousand dollars and upwards; that the said boat, with its cargo, being a stanch vessel of its kind, with an efficient crew, on a voyage down the Mississippi River, was moored, at night, at Grand Gulf, in the proper and usual place for flat-boats, and securely tied to the bank of the river; that while so fastened, close to the shore, the steamer Southern Belle, a regular packet on said river, in attempting to land at the town of Grand Gulf, run into and sunk the flat-boat, which caused the total loss of the boat and cargo; that the steamer was out of its place and carelessly managed, by reason of which the collision occurred. The libellant claims damages, &c.