Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Courts of Law in the State of South-Carolina, Since the Revolution [1783-1804], Volume 2I. Riley. For sale by E. Morford, Willington & Company Charleston; Seymour & Williams, Savannah; Lewis Adams, Richmond; Cole & Thomas, Baltimore; P. Byrne, Philadelphia; R. M'Dermut, and S. Gould, New-York; John West, & Company Boston; Daniel Johnson, Portland, 1811 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... deed , offered in the presence of the judge , and in the face of such court . And this is not against magna charta , or the law of the land , but forms a part of the com- mon law , which is recognised by the terms of our constitu- tion ...
... deed , offered in the presence of the judge , and in the face of such court . And this is not against magna charta , or the law of the land , but forms a part of the com- mon law , which is recognised by the terms of our constitu- tion ...
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... deeds of con- veyance were to them ; and they gave the bond to the com- missioners , on which the present suit was brought . All this proved him to have been a mere agent . But sup- posing he had not been their agent , and they were to ...
... deeds of con- veyance were to them ; and they gave the bond to the com- missioners , on which the present suit was brought . All this proved him to have been a mere agent . But sup- posing he had not been their agent , and they were to ...
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... deed they would have been ashamed of it , as their lands were greatly benefited by the canal . This case therefore , like the other cases quoted and relied on , has nothing to do with the present question . He apologized for dwelling so ...
... deed they would have been ashamed of it , as their lands were greatly benefited by the canal . This case therefore , like the other cases quoted and relied on , has nothing to do with the present question . He apologized for dwelling so ...
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... deed . His intention was , he stated , to shew that the land did not belong to plaintiff's testator at the time of his death , but to another . Mr. D. Deas objected to this kind of testimony , as irre- gular and inadmissible in this ...
... deed . His intention was , he stated , to shew that the land did not belong to plaintiff's testator at the time of his death , but to another . Mr. D. Deas objected to this kind of testimony , as irre- gular and inadmissible in this ...
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... deed from testa- tor's executor . BAY , J. who presided at the trial of this cause at Cam- den , refused to admit this testimony ; as it appeared by defendant's own shewing , by production of his deed , that it contained only a single ...
... deed from testa- tor's executor . BAY , J. who presided at the trial of this cause at Cam- den , refused to admit this testimony ; as it appeared by defendant's own shewing , by production of his deed , that it contained only a single ...
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Page 38 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
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Page 59 - In exercising this high authority, the judges claim no judicial supremacy; they are only the administrators of the public will. If an act of the legislature is held void, it is not because the judges have any control over the legislative power, but because the act is forbidden by the Constitution, and because the will of the people, which is therein declared, is paramount to that of their representatives expressed in any law.
Page 294 - And in case there be no children nor any legal representatives of them, then one moiety of the said estate to be allotted to the wife of the intestate, the residue of the said estate to be distributed equally to every of the next of kindred of the intestate, who are in equal degree and those who legally represent them. VII. Provided, that there be no representations admitted among collaterals after brothers
Page 354 - ... object of the Statute concerning Forcible Entries, is to afford parties, whose possession is disturbed by force and violence, a summary remedy. This object would be entirely defeated if a defendant, after judgment, could, by transferring the possession to a stranger, prevent the execution of the writ. "If it were once permitted for a defendant, against whom there was a judgment on a forcible entry and detainer, to put in a third person, or for a third person to enter afterwards, with a view of...
Page 44 - However the acquisition be made, the right which each individual has to his own estate is always subordinate to the right which the community has over all: without this, there would be neither stability in the social tie, nor real force in the exercise of Sovereignty.
Page 59 - He said, it was painful to him to be obliged to question the exercise of any legislative power, but he was sworn to support the constitution, and this was the most important of all the duties which were incumbent on the judges. On the faithful performance of this high duty would depend the integrity and duration of our government. If the legislature is permitted to exercise other rules than those ordained by the constitution, and if innovations are suffered to acquire the sanction of time and practice,...
Page 60 - ... only the administrators of the public will. If an act of the legislature is held void, it is not because the judges have any control over the legislative power, but because the act is forbidden by the constitution, and because the will of the people, which is therein declared, is paramount to that of their representatives, expressed in any law. As the act under consideration appeared to him to be repugnant to this high will, he was bound to say, that it ought not to have any operation, and that...
Page 294 - ... and sisters' children ; and in case there be no wife, then all the said estate to be distributed equally to and amongst the children ; and in case there be no child, then to the next of kindred in equal degree of or unto the intestate, and their legal representatives as aforesaid, and in no other manner whatsoever.