Murray v. . Jones

This suit was commenced in 1842, and, according to the decisions of this Court theretofore made, the plaintiff could not have maintained his action. In carrying out the will of the Legislature, as expressed in their acts passed at various times, a series of decisions had been made by the courts, the effects of which were to deprive those who put business into the hands of public officers, or of those who assumed to act as such, of a large portion of the protection they ought to receive. From year to year, as these evils were brought to their notice, remedies were applied by the Legislature,…