Gwathmey & Co. v. Burgess
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Spartanburg, Spring term, 1916. Action by Gwathmey & Co. against J. E. Burgiss. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cite: As to proof of intent: Civil Code, sec. 3421; 98 S. C. 152, 153, 279, 285 ; 104 S. C. 280, 284. Instructions as to time contract was made: 38 Cyc. 1627; 98 S. C. 281. cite: As to charge considered as an entirety: 63 S. C. 370; 77 S. C. 399; 54 S. C. 90; 103 S. C. 1; 73 S. C. 467; 89 S. C. 387. Harmless error: 96 S. C. 25; 102…
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Before SeasE, J., Spartanburg, Spring term, 1916. Action by Gwathmey & Co. against J. E. Burgiss. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cite: As to proof of intent: Civil Code, sec. 3421; 98 S. C. 152, 153, 279, 285 ; 104 S. C. 280, 284. Instructions as to time contract was made: 38 Cyc. 1627; 98 S. C. 281. cite: As to charge considered as an entirety: 63 S. C. 370; 77 S. C. 399; 54 S. C. 90; 103 S. C. 1; 73 S. C. 467; 89 S. C. 387. Harmless error: 96 S. C. 25; 102 S: C. 493; 44 S. C. 546-; 64 S. C. 112; 71 S. C. 444; 72 S. C. 355; 73 S. C. 557; 78 S. C. 23. Inadvertent error not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is the third appéal in this case. The first appeal is in 98 S. C. 152, 82 S. E. 394; the second is in 104 S. C. 280, 88 S. E. 816. The last trial was at the Spring term of the Court, 1916, for Spartanburg county, before Judge Sease and a jury. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, and, after entry of judgment, defendant appeals.
The first exception is:(1) The Court erred in charging the jury the plaintiffs’ fourteenth request, as follows : “Whether a contract for the purchase or sale of cotton for future delivery is…
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- Gwathmey v. BurgessSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
- Gwathney v. BurgissSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
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