Legal Opinion

Davis Broadway v. Barwick Son

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 8, 1911No. 7856PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Before Prince, J., Clarendon. September, 1910. Action by Davis & Broadway against E. S. Barwick & Son. Defendants appeal. cites: Payment pro tanto can only satisfy whole on consideration: 20 S. C. 62; 6 jjincy. 682; 1 Ency. 419; 8 Cyc. 505. cite: Mortgage is some evidence of the partnership of the mortgagors: 55 S. C. 547; 29 S. C. 258; 32 S. C. 187; 43 S. C. 17. An agreement with bankrupt does not relieve the defendants of moral obligation to pay whole: Black on Bank,…

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Before Prince, J., Clarendon. September, 1910. Action by Davis & Broadway against E. S. Barwick & Son. Defendants appeal. cites: Payment pro tanto can only satisfy whole on consideration: 20 S. C. 62; 6 jjincy. 682; 1 Ency. 419; 8 Cyc. 505. cite: Mortgage is some evidence of the partnership of the mortgagors: 55 S. C. 547; 29 S. C. 258; 32 S. C. 187; 43 S. C. 17. An agreement with bankrupt does not relieve the defendants of moral obligation to pay whole: Black on Bank, 103-4; 33 Ark. 651; 27 Ark. 619; 44 Vt. 518; 30 N. W. 347; 3 S. W. 837.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

In this action for the possession of a lot of cotton, -corn and other produce, three horses and one mule, the defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.

1 In the body of the complaint there was no allegation of the copartnership of the defendants to correspond with the caption, which stated the names of the defendants as Barry S. Barwick and J. O. Barwick, copartners as B. S. Barwick & Son. The defendants having answered to the merits and having gone to trial without demurring or asking that the complaint be made…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ZeiglerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
  2. Harle v. Morgan & Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1888

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. W. E. Belcher Lumber Co. v. WoodStock Land & Mineral Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  2. First Nat'l Bank of Manning v. PiersonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
  3. American Mut. Liability Ins. v. Plywoods-Plastics Corp.District Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1948

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