Martin v. Hutto
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DantzuEr, J., Lexington, September, 1907. Action by A. W. Martin against Paul E. Hutto. The following is the circuit decree omitting the final judgment, which is set out in the opinion: “This case came up for hearing before me at the summer term of Court for Lexington county, on the 21st day of August, 1907, upon call of Calendar No. 2, upon the report of the testimony taken by Samuel B. George, Esq., special referee, and the pleadings in the case.
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Before DantzuEr, J., Lexington, September, 1907. Action by A. W. Martin against Paul E. Hutto. The following is the circuit decree omitting the final judgment, which is set out in the opinion: “This case came up for hearing before me at the summer term of Court for Lexington county, on the 21st day of August, 1907, upon call of Calendar No. 2, upon the report of the testimony taken by Samuel B. George, Esq., special referee, and the pleadings in the case. “The only evidence before me is that submitted by the plaintiff, the defendant offering no testimony before the referee, although the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The facts in this case are fully set out in the circuit decree. The defendant did not appear at the reference or at the trial in the Circuit Court. But there can be no doubt of the correctness of the conclusion o.f Judge Dantzler, that defendant was guilty of a fraudulent appropriation of plaintiff’s one-half of the crops made by defendant on plaintiff’s land under a share crop contract; and that the value of the property so appropriated was seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fourteen cents. The Only real issue made by the…
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