Court of Appeals of Kentucky April 29, 1844 (Hewitt, Ruffner & Co. v. Sturdevant)

Chief Justice Ewing

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1838, Hewitt, Ruffner & Co. and L. G. Sturdevant and John Wilson, agreed to build, and did build and fit out the steamboat Hugh L. White, near the City of Louisville, tobe employed on the western waters, in carrying freight and passengers for profit; Hewitt, Ruffner & Co.