Bennett v. Taylor

The plaintiff in error brought suit in the city court of Summerville against Taylor and others on a promissory note. The sheriff returned an entry of personal service upon Taylor. At the first term of the court after the return, Taylor filed a traverse to the return and the sheriff was made a party. Upon the hearing of the issue thus made, the court directed a verdict in favor of the traverse, and such a verdict was returned by the jury. The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was denied, and to this judgment exceptions were taken. Upon the trial the only witnesses introduced were Taylor and…