Legal Opinion

Pelzer, Rodgers & Co. v. Hughes

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 18, 1887PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Before Aldrich, J., Barnwell, January, 1887. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court ivas delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

As well as we can gather it from the very confused Brief presented, the following is a condensed statement of the leading facts of the case :

E. E. Hughes, one of the defendants, being largely indebted to Pelzer, Rodgers & Co. and others, on December 14, .1886, made an assignment of what purported to be his whole property to H. W. Walker, avowedly for the purpose of paying his debts, directing the assignee to realize upon the property included in the assignment, and pay out the proceeds: first, the expenses attending the execution…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Milwaukie & Minnesota Railroad v. SoutterSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  2. Johnson & Smith v. FarnumSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. SALVAGE PROCESS CORPORATION v. Acme Tank Cleaning Process CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
  2. First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank v. KnottsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  3. Marion County Lumber Co. v. Tilghman Lumber Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
  4. Truesdell v. JohnsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1928
  5. Grays Harbor Commercial Co. v. FiferWashington Supreme Court · 1917

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