Legal Opinion

Lipscomb v. Tanner

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 15, 1889PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Before Wallace, J., Spartanburg, March, 1888. This was an action by Albertine E. Lipscomb against H. C. Tanner. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McGowan.

It seems that the plaintiff (wife of W. S. Lipscomb) kept a hotel at Saluda, North Carolina, but that in October, 1884, she removed to Gaffney City, South Carolina, leaving her furniture in the house she had occupied, consisting of beds, bedding, linen, silverware, earthenware, &c. The property was left in charge of the defendant, Tanner. About January, 1885, the plaintiff sent for the property, but the defendant, upon some matter of alleged counter-claim, refused to deliver it. This detention continued for 18 days. W. S. Lipscomb,…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hobbs v. Carolina Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  2. Sonneborn v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
  3. Tittle v. KennedySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  4. Hein v. MarcanteWyoming Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Carolina Life Ins. Co. v. Bank of GreenwoodSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1950

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