Supreme Court of North Carolina December 5, 1858 (State Ex Rel. Latham v. Fagan)

Euffiit, J.

When the case was opened, it was thought to be one of those, of which so many have been here, where independent acts of a clerk or sheriff were done, partly during one term of office and partly after a re-election, and that, in accordance with former decisions, the defendants were not liable but for money received, or for acts of omission or com-.