Sullivan v. Shell
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson] J., Laurens, October, 1891. •In this case Mr. Justice Pope, having been of counsel, did not sit. It was an action by Hewlett Sullivan, continued in the name of J. P. and J. H. Latimer, as his executors, against Gr. W. Shell, as clerk of court. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
At the sale of the real estate of one M. A. Sullivan, under a bill to marshal the assets of his estate, the original plaintiff, Hewlett Sullivan, bid off a tract of land, and to secure the payment of the purchase money executed his bond and mortgage on the same. This bond remaining unpaid, proceedings to foreclose the mortgage were instituted by the clerk of the court, who had succeeded to the possession of the bond and mortgage, and on the 21st of February, 1877, a judgment was rendered against said Hewlett Sullivan for…
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