Cannon v. Clarendon Hardware Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Manning, February, 1915. Action by W. D. Cannon against the Clarendon Hardware Company. Judgment, for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cites : As to plaintiff’s failure to testify: 2 Evans, Poth. Obi. 149; 22 Fed. Cas. 1285-6; 106 Ra. 586; 31 A. & E. Ann. Cas. 1914a, 919. Burden of proof and question for jury: 29 E. R. A. 638; 145 Iowa 185; 44 Am. Dec. 693; 83 Am. St. Rep. 150; 42 R. R. A. 326; 31 Am. Rep. 273; 57 Am.
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Before Bowman, J., Manning, February, 1915. Action by W. D. Cannon against the Clarendon Hardware Company. Judgment, for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cites : As to plaintiff’s failure to testify: 2 Evans, Poth. Obi. 149; 22 Fed. Cas. 1285-6; 106 Ra. 586; 31 A. & E. Ann. Cas. 1914a, 919. Burden of proof and question for jury: 29 E. R. A. 638; 145 Iowa 185; 44 Am. Dec. 693; 83 Am. St. Rep. 150; 42 R. R. A. 326; 31 Am. Rep. 273; 57 Am. Dec. 120; 10 E. R. A. 676; 3 R. C. R. 1041, 1071, 1075. Question as to ownership: 22 A. & E. Anno. Cas. 1912a, 186; 81 S. C. 24. cites: 86 S. E. 3; 84 S. C.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This was a suit on two notes executed by the appellant to the Brenard Manufacturing Company. On the back of the notes there was an assignment written to the plaintiff, purporting to be signed by' Breñard Manufacturing Company. The defendant admitted the execution of the notes, but denied that the plaintiff was an innocent purchaser for value, without notice before maturity, and alleged that the notes were executed as a part of a contract of sale of a piano.
1 The contract provided for a piano, worth $300, but the piano delivered was…
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