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, Volume 2Walker & Burke, printers, 1848 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... party , so as to enable him to attain an ulterior end , we are not in- clined to refuse a motion actually made by him , because the particular reason assigned by him , in the way of argument , is insufficient , while a good one is ...
... party , so as to enable him to attain an ulterior end , we are not in- clined to refuse a motion actually made by him , because the particular reason assigned by him , in the way of argument , is insufficient , while a good one is ...
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... party , as Guardian , is no more than a judgment against him , without the addition , that being only a descriptio persona . No judgment against a party , as Guardian , can have the effect to charge either the person or estate of his ...
... party , as Guardian , is no more than a judgment against him , without the addition , that being only a descriptio persona . No judgment against a party , as Guardian , can have the effect to charge either the person or estate of his ...
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... party - and therefore gave a decree against the magis- trate and constable , for the value of the cotton - from which the defendants appealed , on the accompanying grounds : 1st . Because the defendant , Sauls , was not liable for hav ...
... party - and therefore gave a decree against the magis- trate and constable , for the value of the cotton - from which the defendants appealed , on the accompanying grounds : 1st . Because the defendant , Sauls , was not liable for hav ...
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... party is con- victed of a nuisance to Packolet river ? 2d , May not the State determine on which count the judgment will be de- manded ? As to this , vide Chitty's Crim . Law , vol . 1 , p . 255 , citing 4 East , 179 . The defendant ...
... party is con- victed of a nuisance to Packolet river ? 2d , May not the State determine on which count the judgment will be de- manded ? As to this , vide Chitty's Crim . Law , vol . 1 , p . 255 , citing 4 East , 179 . The defendant ...
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... party in possession . 2d . Because his Honor held that the answer of the witness , Pearson , to the fourth interrogatory in chief , was incompetent evidence . 3d . Because the verdict was contrary to the law and evi- dence . R. S. ...
... party in possession . 2d . Because his Honor held that the answer of the witness , Pearson , to the fourth interrogatory in chief , was incompetent evidence . 3d . Because the verdict was contrary to the law and evi- dence . R. S. ...
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Page 509 - State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 526 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience...
Page 522 - State, ordain, determine and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this State to all mankind; provided that the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 77 - ... is apt to lead one, a principle of malevolence to particulars ; for the law, by the term malice, malitia, in this instance, meaneth that the fact hath been attended with such circumstances as are the ordinary symptoms of a wicked heart regardless of social duty, and fatally bent upon mischief.
Page 261 - ... the party had his freedom of exercising his will, which this man had not: we must take it he paid the money relying on his legal remedy to get it back again.
Page 334 - And if there be two or more plaintiffs or defendants, and one or more of them shall die, if the cause of action shall survive to the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs, or against the surviving defendant or defendants...
Page 370 - And for the true performance of all and singular the covenants and agreements aforesaid, the said parties bind themselves, each unto the other, firmly by these presents.
Page 554 - That no freeman ought to be taken, imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the law of the land.
Page 367 - ... nor lend them unlawfully to any ; he shall not commit fornication nor contract matrimony within the said term...
Page 369 - Nor haunt alehouses, taverns, or play-houses : But in all things behave himself as a faithful apprentice ought to do, during the said term.