Carter v. Wilds

Superior Court of Delaware

Carter v. Wilds

13 Del. 14

DecidedOctober 15, 1887

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Bluebook

Carter v. Wilds, 13 Del. 14 (Del. Ct. App. 1887).

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The Court

sustained the motion and granted a nonsuit, Comegys, C. J., stating that the overwhelming weight of authority seemed to be in favor of the proposition that no action of tort will lie against such a public division of the State as the county or such a body as the Levy Court. -

The case cited from 2 Wallace, 501, Levy Court v. The Coroner, was an action of assumpsit on a contract between the parties.

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The Court

sustained the motion and granted a nonsuit, Comegys, C. J., stating that the overwhelming weight of authority seemed to be in favor of the proposition that no action of tort will lie against such a public division of the State as the county or such a body as the Levy Court. -

The case cited from 2 Wallace, 501, Levy Court v. The Coroner, was an action of assumpsit on a contract between the parties.

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13 Del. 14, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/carter-v-wilds-delsuperct-1887.