Varn v. Green
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Earee, J., Barnwell, November, 1896. Action by Stella Varn against T. A. Green,W. F. Patrick, Raymond Sandifer, W. S. Miley, Perry Bessinger, Joseph Smoak, D. J. Delk, and W. P. Thompson, for damages for the forcible, wrongful, and malicious taking of her household goods under a distress warrant for rent. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal, except Thompson, as to whom a new trial was granted unconditionally. cite: On qiiestion decided: 1 Bay, 32; 9 Rich.
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Before Earee, J., Barnwell, November, 1896. Action by Stella Varn against T. A. Green,W. F. Patrick, Raymond Sandifer, W. S. Miley, Perry Bessinger, Joseph Smoak, D. J. Delk, and W. P. Thompson, for damages for the forcible, wrongful, and malicious taking of her household goods under a distress warrant for rent. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal, except Thompson, as to whom a new trial was granted unconditionally. cite: On qiiestion decided: 1 Bay, 32; 9 Rich. R., 462; 34 S. C., 346. cite: On point decided: 16 S. C., 459; 19 S. C., 61, 88, 90.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged forcible, wrongful, and malicious seizure of plaintiff’s household goods under a distress warrant for rent. Quoting from the “Case:” “The pleadings being made up, the case was duly docketed for trial, and after various continuances, granted at the instance of plaintiff and defendant, according to their respective conveniences and upon their respective motions, the case came up before his Honor, Judge Jos. H. Earle, at November term, 1896, of the Court of Common Pleas for said…
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