Dunlop v. Munroe
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court fur tiie district of Columbia, sitting'at Washington, in,an action wherein James and John Dunlop were Plaintiffs, and Thomas Munroe, the deputy post-master at Washington, was Defendant ' rteienu.uit. The declaration after having, been several times .amended, contained nine counts.
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ERROR to the Circuit Court fur tiie district of Columbia, sitting'at Washington, in,an action wherein James and John Dunlop were Plaintiffs, and Thomas Munroe, the deputy post-master at Washington, was Defendant ' rteienu.uit. The declaration after having, been several times .amended, contained nine counts. L The first count was as follows — Thomas Munroe, late of .Washington county, gentleman, was attached to answer unto James Dunlop-¿nd John- Dunlop in a plea of trespass on the case, &c. whereupon the said James an¿. j0j,y1} by Francis S. -Key, their attorney complain, that whereas, by the…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
delivered, the opinion of the Court as follows :
*269it is necéssary +o dissipate the cloud of pleading in Which this case is enveloped, in order to form a distinct idea of the questions intended to be brought to the view of the Couii, below.
The object is to charge the post-master with the loss of money sent by mail; and the points, which the exceptions are intended to make; are, how far he is liable for his own act or neglect,, how. far for the acts or neglect of .his'- assistants, and what evidence shall be sufficient to support the Plaintiff’s action., But unfortunately, as not unfrequently…
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