Providence MacHine Co. v. Browning
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Laurens, January term, 1905. Action by Providence Machine Co1, against M. E. Browning et al. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. cite: The guaranty is an absolute engagement to pay the debt: 68 S. C., 18. Verdict contrary to charge should be set aside: 68 S. C., 51; 16 S. C., 1. Promoters of corporations may be liable as partners: 10 Cyc., 269. The former cite: Mrs. Browning cannot be bound by statements of her brother in her absence: 28 S. C.,…
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Before Watts, J., Laurens, January term, 1905. Action by Providence Machine Co1, against M. E. Browning et al. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. cite: The guaranty is an absolute engagement to pay the debt: 68 S. C., 18. Verdict contrary to charge should be set aside: 68 S. C., 51; 16 S. C., 1. Promoters of corporations may be liable as partners: 10 Cyc., 269. The former cite: Mrs. Browning cannot be bound by statements of her brother in her absence: 28 S. C., 144. If specific instructions are desired requests should be made: 36 S. C., 65; 41 S. C., 124. Verdict of jury fixes…
1Opinion of the Court
This opinion was filed June 30, 1905, but remittitur stayed until
October 7, 1905. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Upon the third trial of this case, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant, Mrs. M.E. Browning. The facts of the case are fully set out in the opinions of the Court upon the former appeals, reported in 68 S.C. 1, 46 S.E., 550, and 70 S.C. 148.
The first exception is as follows: "I. Because his Honor, Judge Watts, erred in excluding the testimony offered at the trial by the plaintiff, as follows: striking out or excluding the following statement of L.W.C.…
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- Providence MacHine Co. v. BrowningSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
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