Steele v. Exum

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.

The action below was brought in Williamsburg County, by the administrators of the estate of *277S. W. Maurice, for services. The defendant, Bardin, was served in Charleston County, where he resided at the time of said service and also at the commencement of this suit, and since. Exum, who resided in Orangeburg County, was never served. Bardin answered denying the jurisdiction of the court at Williamsburg, on the ground that both of the defendants resided outside of Williamsburg County, the county designated in the complaint as the…