Brayton v. Beall
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Richland, August, 1905. Action, by Ellery M. Brayton against Edward A. Beall. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Names under common lam: 39 "Neb., 59; 21 Ency., 306; 74 Fed. R., 543; 10 Fed. R., 897; 21 111., 31; 42 N. Y. Sup.
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Before Watts, J., Richland, August, 1905. Action, by Ellery M. Brayton against Edward A. Beall. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Names under common lam: 39 "Neb., 59; 21 Ency., 306; 74 Fed. R., 543; 10 Fed. R., 897; 21 111., 31; 42 N. Y. Sup. Ct., 570. Is comon. lam changed by statute: Code 1902, 2699, 2700-1-2. dite: Since adoption of Code, 1902, 2699-2702, a person can adopt and bind himself by any name: 4 McC., 487; 5 Rich., 326; 10 Rich., 31; 30 S. C., 526; 24 Ency., 2 ed., 110, note 6; 146 Mass., 610;; 101 Pa. St., 296; 107 111., 304.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This is an action in claim and delivery of a mule, and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for recovery of -the mule, or $100, the value thereof, in case a delivery could not be had, and $11 damages. It appears that in February, 1903, an individual whose surname was McKenzie, residing in Richland County, as a tenant on the lands of plaintiff, executed to the plaintiff Brayton a chattel mortgage oif the mule in question, signing his name thereto as R. C. McKenzie, which mortgage was duly recorded in the office of the clerk…
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