Legal Opinion
Watts v. Copeland
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided September 21, 1933No. 13693PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Stabeer.
On December 31, 1924, a default judgment in the sum of $1,987.08 was obtained by the Daurens Trust Company against E. W. Copeland and Mrs. Lizzie IT. Copeland, his wife, in an action on two promissory notes, and was duly entered in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County on January 1, 1925. The trust company on November 20, 1926, assigned this judgment to one J. D. Watts as collateral security for the payment of a debt which it owed him. On May 31, 1928, the Copelands made a motion in the original cause to set aside the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sinclair v. StanleyTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Ward v. HaggardIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Vila v. WestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1865
- Commonwealth v. WamplerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Laurens Trust Co. v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
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