Bailey v. Gray
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before-Aldrich, J., Laurens, October, 1897. Action by Bailey & Son v. W. L. Gray, on the following complaint: I. That the plaintiffs, Mercer S. Bailey and William J. Bailey, are and were, Jannary 2d, 1893, partners in business, under the firm name of M. S. Bailey & Son. II.
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Before-Aldrich, J., Laurens, October, 1897. Action by Bailey & Son v. W. L. Gray, on the following complaint: I. That the plaintiffs, Mercer S. Bailey and William J. Bailey, are and were, Jannary 2d, 1893, partners in business, under the firm name of M. S. Bailey & Son. II. That heretofore, on October 7th, 1863, one J. W. Simpson, for value, conveyed to Edward EL Fisher and John Agnew, their heirs and assigns, a lot of land, of which he was seized and possessed in fee in the city of Laurens, in said comity and State, with three store rooms located on a part of said lot, being described-in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The question presented by this appeal being whether his Honor, Judge Aldrich, erred in sustaining a demurrer upon the ground that the allegations in the complaint were not sufficient to constitute a cause of action, it will be necessary for the Reporter to incorporate in his report of the case, a cop}' of the complaint as set out in the “Case.” The object of the action was to obtain an injunction restraining the defendant from obstructing and excavating a certain alley in the town of Laurens, and from erecting buildings or…
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