Ex parte Lorenz
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Orangeburg, October, 1889. This was a rule issued against A. M. Salley, sheriff, on the application of J. P. Lorenz, debtor, to require the sheriff to pay to him certain moneys in the sheriff’s hands. The sheriff made return that he had declined to pay this money over because it was also claimed by certain judgment creditors of Lorenz. The grounds of these claims and the ruling of the Circuit Judge are stated in the opinion.
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Before Hudson, J., Orangeburg, October, 1889. This was a rule issued against A. M. Salley, sheriff, on the application of J. P. Lorenz, debtor, to require the sheriff to pay to him certain moneys in the sheriff’s hands. The sheriff made return that he had declined to pay this money over because it was also claimed by certain judgment creditors of Lorenz. The grounds of these claims and the ruling of the Circuit Judge are stated in the opinion. Lorenz appealed on the following grounds: I. Because his honor erred in holding that the executions of F. W. Wagener & Co. against J. P. Lorenz,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.
The appellant, a merchant of Orangeburg, on the 22nd day of May, 1889, executed a mortgage to one J. H. Beckman, covering his stock of goods, to secure $877 of indebtedness, which mortgage was duly recorded. The debt intended to be secured was evidenced by bond, dated 22nd May, 1889, and due one day after date, &e. After the execution of the mortgage, certain parties obtained judgments against Lorenz, the appellant, in June thereafter;, among them F. W. Wagener & Co. and J. W. Brigham & Co., the cause of action in the Wagener…
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