Marshall, Westcoat & Co. v. Steadman
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Benet, J., Orangeburg, June, 1896. Motion on the part of Ware Furniture Company to set aside the five judgments mentioned in caption, confessed to the plaintiffs therein by J. E. Steadman. The Circuit decree is as follows: These various matters came before me on the motion of the Ware Furniture Company, a judgment creditor, junior to the several judgment creditors named above.
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Before Benet, J., Orangeburg, June, 1896. Motion on the part of Ware Furniture Company to set aside the five judgments mentioned in caption, confessed to the plaintiffs therein by J. E. Steadman. The Circuit decree is as follows: These various matters came before me on the motion of the Ware Furniture Company, a judgment creditor, junior to the several judgment creditors named above. It was sought to vacate the several judgments by confession obtained against the defendant, Steadman, by these senior judgment creditors, on six various grounds. But the view I take of the case makes it…
1Opinion of the Court
The first opinion was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
By agreement, the five above stated cases are to be heard together on appeal npon one “Case,” and exceptions. It seems that, after due notice, a motion was made in each of the above entitled causes, to declare the judgment by confession in each of said causes null and void, and to vacate the same, which came on to be heard before his Honor, Judge Benet, on the 20th day of January, in the year 1896, in the Court of Common Pleas for Orange-burg County. This motion was made by the respondent here, the Ware Furniture Company, and was based upon…
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