Supreme Court of Louisiana January 15, 1849 (Holmes v. Barclay)

judment court was pronounced

Eustis, C. J.

This is an action against the defendants for damages caused ’ by their steamer, the Belle Air, during the high flood of the Mississipdi, in June, 1844, in running into and destroying a brick warehouse and injuring a steam mill belonging to the plaintiffs, in the town of Chester, State of Illinois.