Hand v. Savannah & Charleston R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Cothran, J., Charleston, April, 1883. The opinion substantially states this case, but an elaborate statement of all the litigation in this cause may be found in 17 8. Q., 219, and in the other appeals to this court there referred to.
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Before Cothran, J., Charleston, April, 1883. The opinion substantially states this case, but an elaborate statement of all the litigation in this cause may be found in 17 8. Q., 219, and in the other appeals to this court there referred to. The Circuit decree here appealed from was as follows: The several matters which remain to be determined in this complicated litigation, which has been protracted for more than thirteen years, came on to be heard by me on Monday, April 2, 1883, and from day to day, for nine days. It would be tedious and unprofitable to relate the history of the case as it…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson. The case of Hand v. Savannah and Charleston R. R. Co. et al. has been before the courts for a number of years. The road has been sold, the proceeds of sale collected, and the rights of the parties determined. In fact, all of the questions involved, as between the litigants, have been adjudged. The only matter remaining is as to the fees of counsel, which is now before us under this appeal.
In the consideration of this matter, it will not be necessary to review the whole case, or to state fully its entire history. Only so much…
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