Magovern & Co. v. Richard
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before CothrAN, J., Darlington, November, .1886. These were actions by Magovern k Co. against Gr. Richard and Bollmann Brothers, and by Bates, Reed k Cooley against the same defendants. The cases are fully stated in the Circuit decree, which was as follows: Gr. Richard was engaged in business as a merchant, at Darling-ton, in 1883. In the summer of that year he was insolvent, but purchased a large stock of goods at the north on credit.
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Before CothrAN, J., Darlington, November, .1886. These were actions by Magovern k Co. against Gr. Richard and Bollmann Brothers, and by Bates, Reed k Cooley against the same defendants. The cases are fully stated in the Circuit decree, which was as follows: Gr. Richard was engaged in business as a merchant, at Darling-ton, in 1883. In the summer of that year he was insolvent, but purchased a large stock of goods at the north on credit. He was then largely indebted to his co-defendants, Bollmann Bros., with whom he had been doing business since 1879. They held no> security for their demands…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered
Mr. Chief Justioe Simpson.
These two cases were heard together below and also in this court, but they have no necessary connection with each other, nor are they governed by the same principles; therefore, though embraced in the same opinion, they have been considered and determined separately, as will appear below. The object of the action in each case ivas to annul and set aside a chattel mortgage executed in 1883 by the defendant, Richard, to his co-defendant, Bollmann Brothers. In the first named case the ground of the assault was that the alleged…
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