Louisiana, Supreme Court, New Orleans : Livaudais v Steamboat America, June 1829 [printed].

The plaintiff sought to recover the value of a slave who drowned after capsizing in a pirogue boat after a steamboat ran against it. The court did not find that the evidence proved that the incident was the fault of the steamboat pilots. Judgment was given for the defendants with costs.

Bibliographic Details

Corporate Author:	Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Slavery, abolition & social justice.
Subjects:	Boats and boating Court records Death Steamboats
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