Thompson v. Chapman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Maurdin, J., Spartanburg, Action by E. S. Thompson, as executor of A. E. Thompson, deceased, against H. E. Chapman, administrator of Albertha Lawrence, deceased. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cite: As to issue for jury: 106 S. C. 123, 128; 99 S. C. 417, 421. Presumption of ownership: 16 Cyc. 1074. Inferences: 149 S. W. 21; 141 N. W. 231; 50 So. 30; 133 N. W. 142; 181 Fed. 91; 85 N. E. 832; 97 Am.
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Before Maurdin, J., Spartanburg, Action by E. S. Thompson, as executor of A. E. Thompson, deceased, against H. E. Chapman, administrator of Albertha Lawrence, deceased. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cite: As to issue for jury: 106 S. C. 123, 128; 99 S. C. 417, 421. Presumption of ownership: 16 Cyc. 1074. Inferences: 149 S. W. 21; 141 N. W. 231; 50 So. 30; 133 N. W. 142; 181 Fed. 91; 85 N. E. 832; 97 Am. Dec. 59; 74 C. C. A. 553; 103 111. App. 394; 124 N. Y. S. 581; 57 S. E. 1076; 80 Atl. 851-; 136 S. W. 990; 42 Mo. 924; 48 Hun. 620. Refusal of examination: 69 S. W. 937; 63…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This is an action by the plaintiff, as executor of A. L. Thompson, deceased, against the defendant, as administrator of Albertha Lawrence, deceased, for $1,300 as “money had and received,” claiming that the money was the property of his testator, and appropriated by Miss Lawrence to her own use. This was an action at law, but the matter was referred to the master and a jury trial waived.' At the close of the plaintiff’s testimony, the defendant moved for a nonsuit, which the master overruled, but at the close of the whole testimony,…
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