McNabb v. Lockhart & Thomas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit, &c. in Dougherty Superior Court. Tried before Judge Perkins, May Term, 1855. This was an action brought by Lockhart & Thomas against Noah McNabb, for a sum of money entrusted to his care, and which he never delivered, but alleged had been lost.
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Assumpsit, &c. in Dougherty Superior Court. Tried before Judge Perkins, May Term, 1855. This was an action brought by Lockhart & Thomas against Noah McNabb, for a sum of money entrusted to his care, and which he never delivered, but alleged had been lost. The-following evidence was submitted and exceptions taken-Error has been assigned on all of these exceptions: The depositions of Nelson P. Foster : In the latter part of December, in the year 1850, or in the early part of the-following January, 1851, I received from Mr. John Jackson, then a merchant in Albany, in said county of Baker,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] [2.] [3.] We deem' it unnecessary to notice, separately, the various assignments of error upon the charge of the Court. The Court instructed the Jury, in substance, that the undertaking by a person to receive money and deliver it to another, without reward, is a mandate ; and in contracts of this kind, the mandatory is liable for gross negligence only; and the burthen of proof is thrown upon the plaintiff, at least, to make out a prima facie case. That negligence was ordinary, less than ordinary or more than ordinary; and *507that he who omits…
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