Jackson v. Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Action on the case against the defendants, as printers of a public newspaper in Boston, to recover damages for the incorrect printing of an advertisement, relative to the sale of an equity of redemption, upon which the plaintiff, as a deputy sheriff, had levied an execution in favor of one Coolidge; by reason of which the levy failed, and' the plaintiff had been compelled, by a suit at law, to pay a part of the amount of the execution to the creditor.
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Action on the case against the defendants, as printers of a public newspaper in Boston, to recover damages for the incorrect printing of an advertisement, relative to the sale of an equity of redemption, upon which the plaintiff, as a deputy sheriff, had levied an execution in favor of one Coolidge; by reason of which the levy failed, and' the plaintiff had been compelled, by a suit at law, to pay a part of the amount of the execution to the creditor. At the trial, which was had upon the plea of not guilty, before Parker, J., November term, 1811, the plaintiff proved all the facts alleged in…
1Opinion of the Court
At this term, the opinion of the Court was pronounced by
Sewall, J.
The undertaking of the defendants, in this case, being for hire, and in the exercise of their ordinary occupation, — that of printing, — they must be answerable for any neglect or mismanagement in the performance of their trust, and for any loss or damage which might have been avoided by that degree of care and diligence which their employer had a right to expect and rely upon. If, therefore, the printers were not misled by the writing of the advertisement delivered them, — as, for instance, supposing it now examinable, if…
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