Huguenin v. Adams
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Richland, Summer term, 1918. Action by Mary Huguenin and others against Julius H. Adams and another.
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Before Townsend, J., Richland, Summer term, 1918. Action by Mary Huguenin and others against Julius H. Adams and another. From a ruling as to costs, plaintiff appeals. submit: Costs in chancery cases follow the'event of the action, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, and this cause finally resulting in a judgment against the defendant, Adams, costs against him should also follow: Code-of Civil Procedure, sec. 361; 84 S. C. 461; 81 S. C. 315; 26 S. C. 324; 23 S. C. 126;. 18 S. C. 555, 559. Judge Townsend, not'having been the trial Judge, was without a%ithority to adjudge the costs, which…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
The record contains the following statement:
“The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the plaintiffs should be liable for the costs upon the trial of the cause upon Circuit.
“The decision of the Supreme Court on the former appeal upon the merits of the controversy (filed September 16, 1918 [96 S. E. 918]) contains no ruling upon the matter of costs, but the Circuit Court, Judge Townsend presiding, in formulating the final decree carrying into effect the modifications of the Circuit decree made by the decision of the…
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