Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals and Court of Errors of South-Carolina, on Appeals from the Courts of Law, Volumen3Walker & Burke, printers, 1849 |
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acres aforesaid alleged appear assumpsit bail bill bond cause of action charged the jury CHARLESTON Circuit Judge claim COLUMBIA contract conveyance conveyed corn covenant creditor damages debt declaration deed defendant defendant's delivered the opinion delivery demurrer discharge dollars entitled evidence execution executor fact fendant fraud FROST Georgia grant held Honor erred husband indictment Ingrem interest J.-concurred J.-EVANS James James Brown John John Swanson judgment land levy liable ment mortgage mortgagor motion is dismissed Motion refused negroes non-suit notice O'NEALL paid party payment person plaintiff plea plead possession presumption prison bounds prisoner proof proved purchaser question received recover RICHARDSON rule sheriff sheriff's sale shew slave sold South Carolina statute of frauds statute of limitations Strob subscribing surety Term testator testimony tiff tion told tract trespass trial trover try title verdict WARDLAW wife Williams witness writ
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Página 53 - ... act; further there must be proof that the act was obtained by this coercion, by importunity which could not be resisted, that it was done merely for the sake of peace, so that the motive was tantamount to FOKCE and Fear '
Página 205 - ... conclusive. And when the quantity is mentioned in addition to a description of the boundaries, without any express covenant that the land contains that quantity, the whole must be considered as mere description...
Página 277 - That if any person or persons shall be committed for high treason or felony plainly and specially expressed in the warrant of commitment, upon his prayer or petition in open court the first week of the term, or first day* of the sessions of oyer and terminer...
Página 211 - ... at the expense of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That...
Página 170 - Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the said devisor by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Página 97 - It is a well-settled principle of law that the acts of such persons are valid when they concern the public, or the rights of third persons who have an interest in the act done: People v.
Página 267 - And I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, to warrant and forever defend all and singular the said premises unto the said CD, his heirs and assigns, against myself and my heirs, and against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof.
Página 240 - ... shall take effect and be valid as to all subsequent purchasers for valuable consideration, without notice, and as to all creditors...
Página 540 - I take it to be a general rule, that if a person sells goods, (supposing at the time of the contract he is dealing with a principal), but afterwards discovers that the person with whom he has been dealing is not the principal in the transaction, but agent for a third person, though he may in the meantime have debited the agent with it, he may afterwards recover the amount from the real principal...
Página 151 - ... in his good name, fame, and credit, and to bring him into public scandal, infamy, and disgrace with and amongst all his neighbors...