Moffatt v. Hardin
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Kershaw, J., Chester, March, 1883. The opinion fully states the case. The Circuit decree was as follows: This action was tried before a referee, and was heard by me upon exceptions to his report, taken by the defendants, Julia L. Hardin and the clerk.
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Before Kershaw, J., Chester, March, 1883. The opinion fully states the case. The Circuit decree was as follows: This action was tried before a referee, and was heard by me upon exceptions to his report, taken by the defendants, Julia L. Hardin and the clerk. The plaintiffs, as assignees of a bond and mortgage given by the defendant, Julia L. Hardin, née Stroud, before her marriage, to George W. Melton, now deceased, upon the land described in the complaint, seek to foreclose the same. Macoy, the former clerk, was made a party, because as clerk he held a prior mortgage of the same land. Mrs.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action to foreclose a mortgage on two tracts of land, called for convenience C and D, executed by Julia L. Stroud, now Julia L. Hardin, to one George W. Melton, on May 22, 1874, to secure a note under seal of same date, given to the said Melton, for $2,204.08f, due January 1, 1875, with interest. On June 22, 1875, the said Melton borrowed money from Mr. James Hemphill, acting for himself and Mrs. Moffatt, and ga.ve him two notes, one payable to Mrs. Moffatt, for $1,500, and the other payable to James Hemphill, for…
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