Superior Court of Delaware, 1887

Carter v. Wilds

Carter v. Wilds
Superior Court of Delaware · Decided October 15, 1887
13 Del. 14

Counsel

John R. Nicholson, for the defendant,, Nicholsoyi , George P. Fisher. and E. T. Cooper, for the defendant,

Carter v. Wilds

Opinion of the Court

The Court

sustained the motion and granted a nonsuit, Comegys, C. J., stating that the overwhelming weight of authority seemed to be in favor of the proposition that no action of tort will lie against such a public division of the State as the county or such a body as the Levy Court. -

The case cited from 2 Wallace, 501, Levy Court v. The Coroner, was an action of assumpsit on a contract between the parties.

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