Graniteville Manufacturing Co. v. Renew
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Proceeding to eject from a dwelling house by the Gran-iteville Manufacturing Company against Harvey Renew. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. submits: That all the testimony shows that the appellant entered the house in question under “a contract to serve another ,” as is said in section 3508, which says, such an occupant ushall show cause before him at the expiration of ten (10) days from the personal service of such notice.”
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Proceeding to eject from a dwelling house by the Gran-iteville Manufacturing Company against Harvey Renew. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. submits: That all the testimony shows that the appellant entered the house in question under “a contract to serve another ,” as is said in section 3508, which says, such an occupant ushall show cause before him at the expiration of ten (10) days from the personal service of such notice.” The relation of landlord and tenant does not obtain where a person enters under ■such circumstances: R. C. L., vol. XVI, pp. 578-582-583; Am. & English…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Proceeding before a magistrate and jury under section 3509 of the Code of Laws to eject a person from a dwelling house. The jury found that the plaintiff was entitled to have the defendant ejected from the house and premises in dispute; the Circuit Court concluded that a warrant of ejectment ought to issue; the defendant has appealed from that judgment.
The controversy arises out of these circumstances : Renew was a worker in the cotton mills at Graniteville. These workers, according to the custom common in the mills of this State,…
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