Ehrlich v. Jennings
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Relation- by Edward Ehrlich in the original jurisdiction of the Court for mandamus toi -compel R. H. Jenning's, State Treasurer, to exchange certificate of stock for coupon bond. cites: Mandamus is the proper remedy: 48 S. C., 5; 38 S-. C., 322. Coupon bond payable to bearer is a negotiable instrument: Tied on Com.
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Relation- by Edward Ehrlich in the original jurisdiction of the Court for mandamus toi -compel R. H. Jenning's, State Treasurer, to exchange certificate of stock for coupon bond. cites: Mandamus is the proper remedy: 48 S. C., 5; 38 S-. C., 322. Coupon bond payable to bearer is a negotiable instrument: Tied on Com. Pa., Sec. 473; 2 S. C., 348; 103 U. S., 318; 64 Ala., 128; 12 S-. C., 200. A stolen negotiable bond is good in hands op bona ñde holder: 2 Wall., 110'; 12 S-. C., 272. Recognition of it: 3 Q. B. D., 525; 71 Wis., 578; 80 Va., 427; 16 21 S- C., 580- 12 S, €., 273; 92 U. S., 641.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The relator as holder of a coupon bond, No. 2525, for $1,000, payable to bearer, issued by the State in June, 1893, presented the same to the State Treasurer and demanded a certificate of stock in exchange therefor under the Act of 1892 entitled “An act to provide for the redemption of that part of the State debt known as the Brown Consul bonds and stocks by issuing other bonds and stocks.” The State Treasurer refused to make the exchange on the ground that said bond had been previously redeemed, having been surrendered to- the State…
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