Legal Opinion

Ruff v. Doty

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided February 28, 1887PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Before Fraser, J., Fairfield, June, 1886. The opinion .sufficiently states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.

The defendants, Doty and Walker, some time in 1881, instituted regular proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, for the foreclosure of a mortgage held by them on the plaintiff, covering the land in dispute. To this proceeding the plaintiff appeared and employed counsel to defend. The cause was referred to a referee, and upon his report coming in, judgment was obtained, on September 22, 1881, after which, to wit: on the first Monday in November, 1882, the land was sold by the clerk of the court, under its…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Packet Co. v. SicklesSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  2. Washington, Alexandria, & Georgetown Steam-Packet Co. v. SicklesSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
  3. Miles v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  4. Hunter v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1856

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Stewart v. Phoenix National BankArizona Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Johnston-Crews Co. v. FolkSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  3. Bartles v. LivingstonCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
  4. Mitchell v. Federal Intermediate Credit BankSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
  5. Greenwood Drug Co. v. Bromonia Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908

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