The Seneca Co. v. Crenshaw
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Ernest Moore, Special Judge, Lancaster. Action by the Seneca Company against E. L. Crenshaw. Defendant appeals. cites: Absence of seal from deposition envelope vitiates it: 72 S. C. 222; 39 S. C. 410. Issue of return of goods and acceptance by seller is for fury: 81 S. C. 347; 65 S. C. 139; 70 S. C. 380; 52 S. C. 197. Pleadings are competent to form admissions: Elliott on Ev., sec. 237; Green, on Ev., sec. 178; 30 S. C. 565 ; 85 Am. Dec. 559; 29 L. ed.
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Before Ernest Moore, Special Judge, Lancaster. Action by the Seneca Company against E. L. Crenshaw. Defendant appeals. cites: Absence of seal from deposition envelope vitiates it: 72 S. C. 222; 39 S. C. 410. Issue of return of goods and acceptance by seller is for fury: 81 S. C. 347; 65 S. C. 139; 70 S. C. 380; 52 S. C. 197. Pleadings are competent to form admissions: Elliott on Ev., sec. 237; Green, on Ev., sec. 178; 30 S. C. 565 ; 85 Am. Dec. 559; 29 L. ed. U. S. 393. Admissions of agent binds the principal when made within the scope of the agency: 82 S. C. 467; 79 S. C. 288, 447. cites:…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
In this action on a written contract for the sale of goods the presiding Judge directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the seller, for thirty-six dollars and interest thereon.
1 The exception assigning error in not submitting to the jury as an issue of fact the question whether the debt was duetto the Seneca Chemical & Stock Food Company, and not the plaintiff, the Seneca Company, is without merit. The contract was made and the goods sold under the former corporate name, but the charter and its amendment were introduced showing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- General Electric Co. v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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