Lummus Cotton Gin Co. v. Counts
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Rice, J., Laurens, April, 1913. Action by Lumnius Cotton Gin Company against D. H. Counts. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The decree appealed from was as follows: “This is an action for the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage and sale of the property therein described. It was commenced by the service of a summons and complaint on the defendant on the 33d of November, 1913. Within due time the defendant answered.
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Before Rice, J., Laurens, April, 1913. Action by Lumnius Cotton Gin Company against D. H. Counts. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The decree appealed from was as follows: “This is an action for the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage and sale of the property therein described. It was commenced by the service of a summons and complaint on the defendant on the 33d of November, 1913. Within due time the defendant answered. Within twenty days after answering, plaintiff’s attorneys, to wit, on the 37th day of December, 1913, served an amended summons and complaint on the defendant.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice PIydricic.
The following statement is taken from the record: “This action was commenced by the plaintiff named above against the defendant named above by the service of a summons and complaint on the defendant on the 22d day of November, 1912. Within twenty days the defendant served his answer in said case. Within twenty days thereafter plaintiff served an amended summons and complaint; and within twenty days thereafter the defendant served his answer to the amended complaint. The pleadings were made up on January 16th, 1913, and were all…
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