Rogers v. Towns
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Motion in Court of Common Pleas to vacate and set aside judgment rendered in magistrate’s Court, refused. Defendant appeals. 73 S. C. Ill, 112; 71 S. C. 1; 57 S. C. 14; Code Civ. Proc., sections 227, 257; Const. V. 23. 87 S. C. 101; Code Civ. Proc. 172, 173.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Rogers sued Townes in claim and delivery in a magistrate’s Court, in Oconee. Townes did not appear, though she had notice to do so, and judgment went against her. Townes'resides then and now in Greenville. Thereafter Townes moved in the Circuit Court of Oconee, whence the judgment had been docketed, to vacate it. The motion was denied and Townes appeals here. The order of the Circuit Court is not printed in the case.
The sole contention made in the exceptions and argument is, that a magistrate’s Court in Oconee had no juris*57diction to…
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