Hawkins v. Wood
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Cherokee, February, 1901. Action by Ransom A. Hawkins against A. N. Wood. From order refusing motion to require plaintiff to make his complaint more definite and certain, defendant appeals. cite: Complaint containing matters appropriate to two or more causes of action, refusal of motion is appealable: 32 S. C, 102; 36 S. C., 559; 34 S. C., 353. Motion made is proper remedy: 30 S. C., hi ; 50 S. C., 310; 52 S. C., 492; and upon refusal to grant motion…
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Before Gage, J., Cherokee, February, 1901. Action by Ransom A. Hawkins against A. N. Wood. From order refusing motion to require plaintiff to make his complaint more definite and certain, defendant appeals. cite: Complaint containing matters appropriate to two or more causes of action, refusal of motion is appealable: 32 S. C, 102; 36 S. C., 559; 34 S. C., 353. Motion made is proper remedy: 30 S. C., hi ; 50 S. C., 310; 52 S. C., 492; and upon refusal to grant motion defendant’s only remedy was appeal: 47 S. C., 28; 57 S. C., 506; 44 S. C., 143. cite: Complaint states only one cause of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Me. Justice Gary.
The appeal herein is from an order refusing a motion to require the plaintiff to make his complaint definite and certain,by stating the causes of action separately. I't will be necessary to refer to the complaint, which is as follows :
“1. That on or about the 3d day of August, 1889, the defendant in this action, one J. V. Whelchel, entered into a contract, in which the defendant bound himself to the said Whelchel to execute to him a deed of conveyance to a certain tract of land hereinafter described, upon the payment to the defendant…
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