Baker v. Hornick & Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Witherspoon, J., Charleston, March, 1897. Action by Henry Baker against M. Hornick & Co. From an order sustaining demurrer and allowing plaintiff to amend, defendant appeals. cite: On main question: Code, 194; 21 S. C., 226; 29 S. C., 520; 18 S. C., 153; 66 Ga., 240; 25 Hun., 475; 89 N. ¥., 22; 24 Conn., 9; 5 S. C., 288; Code, 196; 16 Abb., 249; 58 Vt, 588; 77 Mich., 325; 40 S. C., 45; 18 N. Y. Supp., 215; 39 N. Y., 361; 13 S. R., 297; Fed.
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Before Witherspoon, J., Charleston, March, 1897. Action by Henry Baker against M. Hornick & Co. From an order sustaining demurrer and allowing plaintiff to amend, defendant appeals. cite: On main question: Code, 194; 21 S. C., 226; 29 S. C., 520; 18 S. C., 153; 66 Ga., 240; 25 Hun., 475; 89 N. ¥., 22; 24 Conn., 9; 5 S. C., 288; Code, 196; 16 Abb., 249; 58 Vt, 588; 77 Mich., 325; 40 S. C., 45; 18 N. Y. Supp., 215; 39 N. Y., 361; 13 S. R., 297; Fed. Cases, 5673 and 13466; 57 Ill., 296. Order appealable: 32 S. C., 142; 35 S. C., 572; 39 S. C., 216; 27 S. C., 92. cite: Order not appealable: 45 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
In this case, the plaintiffs brought an action for malicious prosecution against the defendants, charging them as copartners. At the hearing, defendants interposed an oral demurrer, upon the ground that the facts stated in the complaint were not sufficient to constitute a cause of action against the defendants, as co-partners. His Honor, Judge Witherspoon, sustained the demurrer, and thereupon, as stated in the “Case,” “plaintiff’s counsel asked leave to amend the complaint.” The motion to amend was granted in an order, which…
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