Furth v. Deloach

Citations

• 29 S.C.L. 400

Syllabus

<p>1. Where, in an action for gaol fees, the insolvency of the prisoner was fully proved, and there was further proof that he (the prisoner) was discharged with his own consent, on certain terms agreed on by him and the attorney of the plaintiff, who was present, and assented to the discharge, the gaolor creating no obstacle, nor giving notice at the time that he looked to the defendant for the gaol fees, it was held, that as the prisoner was discharged by an arrangement to which the defendant was a party, the latter clause of the Act of 1839 did not apply, (p. 48, sec. 30.)</p>