Legal Opinion
American Surety Co. v. Hamrick Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 1, 1939No. 14929PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Baker.
In this action, the appellant, the surety on the bond of H. M. Brown, former treasurer of Cherokee County, seeks to recover from respondents, on a plea of subrogation to the rights of the State of South Carolina and Cherokee County, approximately the sum of $3,000.00, which it was compelled to pay and which represented penalties accruing on the 1933 taxes due by respondents to said county and State while Brown, as treasurer, held without depositing or cashing checks of respondents given to him in purported payment of respondents’…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Rivers, Warehouse Commissioner v. Liberty National BankSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Enterprise Bank v. Federal Land BankSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Baker v. State Highway Dept.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
- Globe Rutgers Fire Ins. Co. v. FoilSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Newell Contracting Co. v. BlankenshipSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Calvert Fire Ins. Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1960
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- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Bank of Fort Mill, a Corporation v. Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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