Coward v. Boyd

Feb 19, 1908
6752
Reporters:
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Before:
Gary

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Gary.

The facts of this case ‍​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍are fully stated in the decree of his Honor, the Circuit Judge.

There are practically but two questions presented by the exceptions:

1 First. Was there error in the ruling, that ‍​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍it was necessary to plead the Statute of Frauds in order to object to testimony offered to- sustain the allegations set out in the complaint? The case, of Suber ‍​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍v. Richards, 61 S. C., 393, 39 S. E., 540, cited by the Circuit Judge, sustains his ruling.

*139 2’ Second. Was there error in ruling that parol testimony was inadmissible to ‍​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍prove that the timber was reserved ? The ruling of the Circuit Judge is sustained by the case of Lumber Co. v. Evans, 69 S. C., 93, 48 S. E., 108.

It is ‍​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‍the judgment of this Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.