State v. Scheper
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before HudsoN, J., Beaufort, February, 1890. This was an action by the State of South Carolina against F. W. Scheper and John F. Huchting, sureties on the bond of W. T. Seward & Co., commenced in August, 1888. The license to mine was as follows : State op South CauoliNa, I Department of Agriculture.
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Before HudsoN, J., Beaufort, February, 1890. This was an action by the State of South Carolina against F. W. Scheper and John F. Huchting, sureties on the bond of W. T. Seward & Co., commenced in August, 1888. The license to mine was as follows : State op South CauoliNa, I Department of Agriculture. J To all whom these presents may concern, greeting: Whereas application has been made to the Department of Agriculture by W. T. Seward & Co., a citizen, body corporate, of the said State, for a license granting a general right to dig and mine phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits from Broad,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
In May, 1887, the department of agriculture of the State granted to W. T. Seward & Co., a body corporate, a license to dig and mine phosphate rocks and phosphatie ■deposits in certain navigable waters of the State; subject to the requirements, terms, and conditions provided by and expressed in the laws of the State and the rules of the department of agriculture. (See the license and the rules in the case.) The defendants, with Seward & Co., the licensees, executed a joint and several bond to the State in the penalty of $5,000,…
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