Metz v. Metz
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Lexington, Action by the heirs at law of Elizabeth Metz against Levi Metz, John A. Metz, Sallie Gibson, and the Commercial Bank, for partition of two tracts of land in Lexington County and one in Richland County. Upon motion of plaintiffs, certain issues were submitted to a jury, which were answered in favor of plaintiffs. Upon the entry of the verdict, the defendant bank immediately gave notice of a motion for a new trial upon the minutes of the Court.
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Before Gary, J., Lexington, Action by the heirs at law of Elizabeth Metz against Levi Metz, John A. Metz, Sallie Gibson, and the Commercial Bank, for partition of two tracts of land in Lexington County and one in Richland County. Upon motion of plaintiffs, certain issues were submitted to a jury, which were answered in favor of plaintiffs. Upon the entry of the verdict, the defendant bank immediately gave notice of a motion for a new trial upon the minutes of the Court. This motion, it was agreed, should be postponed,'to be heard in connection with the hearing of the main cause at Columbia.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The Commercial Bank, a corporation under the laws of this State, having obtained a judgment against its codefendant, Levi Metz, caused the sheriff, under writs of fieri facias, to sell as the property of the said Revi Metz, two tracts of land, one of which contained 1,210 acres, situate in Rexington County, in this State, and the other containing 226 acres, situate in Richland County, in this State, on salesday in November, A. D. 1895, and both of said tracts of land were purchased by the defendant, the Commercial Bank. On the 16th day…
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