Magruder & Co. v. Clayton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Chesterfield, This was an action by T. J. Magruder & Co. against Virgil P. Clayton, Henry Bischoff & Co., and J. R. Easterling, begun in February, 1886. The opinion sufficiently states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
It seems that Virgil P. Clayton, being engaged in agriculture, desired to procure advances to be expended in the cultivation of the soil. In pursuance of an agreement between himself and Henry Bischoff & Co. to that end, he executed to them a lien upon his crop for the year 1885, and also a mortgage of certain horses and mules (eleven in number), to secure the payment of two thousand dollars, to be advanced to him by them during the year. The liens were dated January 25, 1885, and the debt was due the following November. Finding…
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