Legal Opinion

Miller & Barnhardt v. Gulf & Atlantic Ins.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided September 2, 1925No. 11824PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

This is an action against the defendant insurance company surety upon the official bond of Thomas S. Burch, sheriff of Florence County, for $1,705.63, that being the amount of a judgment recovered by the plaintiffs against one H. D. Hatch, and which the plaintiffs allege could have been collected out of the proceeds of certain lumber attached in the suit against Hatch but for the neglect and mismanagement of the sheriff in connection with the custody of the attached property.

For some unexplained reason the action was brought in…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. The Mechanics Bank of Alexandria v. LOUISA & MARIA SETONSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
  2. Norris v. ClinkscalesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
  3. Skipwith v. HurtTexas Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Adams v. First Nat. Bank of WacoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  5. Guthrie v. City of DurhamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Piedmont Interstate Fair Ass'n v. BeanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
  2. Little v. Robt. G. Lassiter & Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
  3. Doctor v. Robert Lee, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1949
  4. State Ex Rel. Continental Casualty Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1949
  5. City of Huntington v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926

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