State v. Sandifer
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before J. E. McDonaed, special J., Barnwell, May, 1903. Action by State against P. W. Sandifer, C. B. Free, S. G. Mayfield, Geo. W. Peacock and Leda R. Mayfield. Upon the defenses of estoppel and statute of limitations, the Circuit Judge said: “As I understand it, gentlemen, this former action that resulted in the judgment here was in the name of the State against the identical and same parties, with the exception of Mrs. Mayfield.
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Before J. E. McDonaed, special J., Barnwell, May, 1903. Action by State against P. W. Sandifer, C. B. Free, S. G. Mayfield, Geo. W. Peacock and Leda R. Mayfield. Upon the defenses of estoppel and statute of limitations, the Circuit Judge said: “As I understand it, gentlemen, this former action that resulted in the judgment here was in the name of the State against the identical and same parties, with the exception of Mrs. Mayfield. I may state, before rendering the decision, that the counsel for defendants, who did not interpose this plea of limitation and plea of estoppel by former judgment,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
This action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County, in this State, on the 4th day of September, 1901, and came on for trial at an extra term of said Court before the Hon. J. E. McDonald, as special Judge, on the 5th May, 1903. The complaint set out three causes of action — each cause of action being bottomed upon breaches of the bonds of Allen F. Free, deceased, as county treasurer of Barnwell County, with these defendants as sureties thereto-. The first bond was dated 20th January, 1891; the second bond…
2Cited by1 opinion
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