Craig v. City of Charleston

In affirming the judgment of the circuit court for costs and sustaining the demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration the following opinion, delivered by Mr. Justice Harker, was rendered by the Appellate Court:

“The sufficiency of the declaration is the only question for our consideration. Stripped of their surplusage the material averments of fact are, that the city of Charleston, on an occasion when a large crowd of people had congregated in the city, appointed one John Apgar as an officer to prevent the obstruction of the streets by vehicles or otherwise, and placed him in control of one of…