Legal Opinion

Herndon v. Gibson

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 23, 1893PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Before Fraser, J., Oconee, July, 1892. Action by Edmund L. Herndon, as receiver of Adger College, against Margaret I. Gibson, Mrs. C. H. Biemann, and Joseph W. Holleman, as master for Oconee County. The Circuit decree was as follows: This case was heard by me on the pleadings and certain affidavits and statements used as evidence by consent and agreement of counsel.

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Before Fraser, J., Oconee, July, 1892. Action by Edmund L. Herndon, as receiver of Adger College, against Margaret I. Gibson, Mrs. C. H. Biemann, and Joseph W. Holleman, as master for Oconee County. The Circuit decree was as follows: This case was heard by me on the pleadings and certain affidavits and statements used as evidence by consent and agreement of counsel. This is a proceeding to set aside or prevent the completion of a sale of a tract of land made by the master under a judgment of foreclosure of a mortgage given by the defendant, Mrs. Gibson, to Adger College, of which the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Pope.

The plaintiff obtained a judgment . foreclosing a mortgage, executed by the defendant, Mrs. Gibson, to secure a sum of money borrowed by her from the endowment fund of Adger College, on a tract of land of some 250 acres, in Oconee County, in this State. The debt in judgment was $770.01, and eo§ts, $51.05. At the sale of the mortgaged premises by the master for Oconee County, the defendant, Mrs. Gibson, publicly announced that it was her intention to bid at such sale; that she was a widow, dependent upon such premises for a support, and…

2Cited by10 opinions

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  2. Ex Parte CooleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
  3. Clark v. StanhopeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
  4. Courtenay Mfg. Co. v. Issaqueena MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
  5. Hammond v. AlexanderIdaho Supreme Court · 1918

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