Brown v. Orangeburg Co.

Citations

• 55 S.C. 45
• 44 L.R.A. 734
• 32 S.E. 764
• 1899 S.C. LEXIS 78

Syllabus

<p>1. Lynching — Damages.—A County is liable in damages to the personal representatives of a person lynched within her borders by a mob, whether such person be at the time a prisoner or not.</p> <p>2. Ibid. — Ibid.—Counties.—Has the Legislature the power, independent of the Constitution, to pass an act making a county liable in damages to the personal representative of one lynched in her borders by a mob?</p>