Citizens Bank v. Heyward

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Gary.

In the October, 1916, number of the Lawyer & Banker, there is an article by his Honor, Judge William H. Townsend, entitled “The Supreme Court of South Carolina,” from which we quote as follows:

“The Court of Equity in South Carolina existed until the adoption of the reconstruction Constitution in 1868 separate and apart from the Law Court. The Court of Equity began with the Governor and Council. Three Judges were afterwards clothed with the jurisdiction, and in 1808, two additional Judges were appointed, and a Court of Appeals in…