38 S.C.L. 146
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided November 15, 1850
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1850-11-15
Before O’Neall, J., at Edgefield, Fall Term, 1850. This was an action on the case to recover from the defendant, post master at Edgefield village, a sum of money contained in a letter mailed by the plaintiffs, on the 12th June, 1848, at New Market, Abbeville, and addressed to Watson, Johnson & Co., Charleston.
Decided 1850-11-15
¶1I concur on all the grounds except the admissibility of Meigs’s confessions — of this I have some doubts.
¶2I assent to all except the instructions which held the post master liable for the negligence of his assistant, without inquiry into any negligence of the post master in his duty of superintending.
¶3Motions dismissed.