Legal Opinion

Board of Township Commissioners v. Buckley

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 9, 1909No. 7146PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Before Hykrick, J., Charleston, March, 1908. Action by board of township commissioners of Sullivan’s Island against B. Buckley.

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Before Hykrick, J., Charleston, March, 1908. Action by board of township commissioners of Sullivan’s Island against B. Buckley. From order overruling demurrer, defendant appeals. cites: 66 S. C., 222, 241; 73 S. W., 811; 59 S. C., 110; 61 S. C., 381; 62 S. C., 250; 77 S C, 268; 62 S. C., 62; 60 S. C., 501; 51 S. C., 54. cite: 27 S. C., 385; 61 S. C., 213; 30 S. C., 365; 66 S. C., 362, 229, 225; 77 S. C„ 260; 2 S. C., 81; 91 U. S., 540; 102 U. S., 511; 24 S. C., 158; 42 S. C., 298; 10 Rich., 501; 4 S. C., 420; 15 S. C., 392; 16 S. C., 33; 38 S. C., 399.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

This is an action to enforce a license and the appeal comes from an order of Judge Hydride overruling a demurrer to the complaint, the ground of demurrer being that plaintiff had no legal capacity to sue. In this connection the complaint alleged:

“That under and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, entitled ‘An Act to establish a township government for the township of Sullivan’s Island, in Charleston county, State of South Carolina,’ as approved 17th day of February, 1906, the plaintiff was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Carolina Grocery Co. v. BurnetSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
  2. Buist v. City Council of CharlestonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Santee Mills v. QuerySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  2. State v. RogersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  3. State v. LongSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  4. Heitmann v. Commercial BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
  5. State v. ChaseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950

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