Golson v. Holman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
This was an appeal from an order on a rule to show cause, directing defendant to be imprisoned until he should pay over an amount found to be in his hands as executor by a former order in the cause. The grounds of appeal raised some points not considered in the opinion, and also the point that the order of Judge Aldrich was in effect an imprisonment for debt.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.
The appellant, Holman, was sued for an accounting as executor of the will of William Golson, deceased, by the respondent, the widow of the said Golson, and the sole legatee under, his will. The appellant, though duly. *54served with the summons and complaint, failed to answer or appear.' At the May term of the court, 1886, for Orangeburg County, in which the action was brought, his honor, Judge Witherspoon, on motion, referred the case to the master, directing him to take an accounting, and requiring the appellant to .produce…
2Cited by1 opinion
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