Legal Opinion

Dean v. County of Spartanburg

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided November 27, 1900PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, February, 1899. Account by Geo. B. Dean, sheriff, against county of Spartanburg for dieting prisoners. From Circuit decree sustaining action of county supervisor and his board, plaintiff appeals. cite: 56 S. C., 400; 22 Stat., 226, 494; sec. 34, art. III., Con.; 51 S. C., 51. cite: 22 Stat., 739; 39 S. C., 5; 37 S. C., 558; árt. III., sec. 17, Con., and sec. 34; 50 Mo., 317.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Gary.

The record contains the following statement of facts: “Geo. B. Dean is, and was at the times hereafter stated, sheriff of the county of Spartanburg. In the fall of 1898, he presented to the supervisor and county board of commissioners for the county of Spartanburg his account against the county of Spartanburg, and among other items therein charged against the county was a bill for dieting prisoners, in his charge, for the month of June, 1898— the said account of such dieting being made out at thirty cents per day for each prisoner. In…

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. HammondSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
  2. Carroll v. Town of YorkSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
  3. McElveen v. StokesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
  4. Townsend v. Richland CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  5. Horry County v. Horry County Higher Education CommissionSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991

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