Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Co. v. Greenwood Hardware Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Greenwood, October, 1905. Action by Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Co. against Greenwood Hardware Co. From order sustaining demurrer to part of answer, defendant appeals. cite: Contract is void: 71 S. C., 544; 193 U. S., 197; 24 Ency., 2 ed., 824; 853, 851; 24 U. S., 512; 6 Ency., 2 ed., 285. Contract cannot be separated so that part can be enforced: 20 S. C., 439; 197 U. S.’ 49 L. Ed., 763; 73 S. C., 1; 7 Ency., 95. Defendant is not estopped from…
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Before Memminger, J., Greenwood, October, 1905. Action by Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Co. against Greenwood Hardware Co. From order sustaining demurrer to part of answer, defendant appeals. cite: Contract is void: 71 S. C., 544; 193 U. S., 197; 24 Ency., 2 ed., 824; 853, 851; 24 U. S., 512; 6 Ency., 2 ed., 285. Contract cannot be separated so that part can be enforced: 20 S. C., 439; 197 U. S.’ 49 L. Ed., 763; 73 S. C., 1; 7 Ency., 95. Defendant is not estopped from pleading the statute: 20 S. C., 439; 46 Raw Ed., 1067. cites: Contract is not illegal: Code 1902, sec. 2845. Matters of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
“This appeal is from an order of Judge Memminger sustaining a derrmn-er to one of the defenses set up in the answer to plaintiff’s first and third causes of action. The first cause of action was for certain mowers, hay rakes and sickle grinders sold and delivered to defendant January 26, 1904, under a written contract at prices aggregating seven hundred sixty-seven and 93-100 dollars, and the third cause of action was for mowers and rakes sold to defendant on September 12th and 19th, 1904, on its order, aggregating ninety-four…
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