Clardy v. Clardy

January 18, 1923. The opinion of the Court was delivered by In his decree his Honor, the Circuit Judge, uses this language:

"The late South Carolina case of Bartell v. Edwards,113 S.C. 217; 102 S.E., 210, is cited as opposed to these conclusions. It appears to this Court, however, that the decision on the second point passed upon in the Bartell case was not necessary to dispose of the case, and might be regarded as dictum; and it further seems that this case is out of line with the current of authority in this State. No reference was made to the McFadden case, or the other previous South…