Cavender v. Ward
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The bond sued on in this case was as follows: Whereas T. S. Cavender has levied by attachment on two bales of cotton, alleging that the defendant owes him seventy-four dollars for rent and supplies due; and whereas the said W. H. Ward denies that he owes the said Cavender anything for rent or supplies, and desires the possession of said two bales of cotton, which is now in the possession of J. H. Taylor, trial justice: Know all men by these presents, that we, W. H. Ward and…
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The bond sued on in this case was as follows: Whereas T. S. Cavender has levied by attachment on two bales of cotton, alleging that the defendant owes him seventy-four dollars for rent and supplies due; and whereas the said W. H. Ward denies that he owes the said Cavender anything for rent or supplies, and desires the possession of said two bales of cotton, which is now in the possession of J. H. Taylor, trial justice: Know all men by these presents, that we, W. H. Ward and Joab Cotton, are held and firmly bound unto T. S. Cavender in the penal sum of one hundred and forty dollars, to be paid…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by .
Mr. Justice McGowan.
It seems that in the autumn of the year 1885 T. S. Cavender applied to trial justice J. H. Taylor, alleging that one W. H. Ward was indebted to him in the sum of $74 for rent and supplies due upon alien on his crop; that upon the proper affidavit the trial justice issued his warrant and seized two bales of Ward’s cotton crop, and upon notice from Ward that the amount claimed was not justly due, he “made up an issue” to try the question under the provisions of the act of the legislature, which had just been passed (December 22,…
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