56 S.C. 38 | S.C. | 1899
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
As some of the exceptions raise the question that his Honor, the Circuit Judge, erred in refusing to sustain the demurrer interposed by all the defendants except Peyton M. Cater, it will be necessary to set out the complaint in the report of the case.
We will therefore consider the other exceptions for the purpose of determining whether there is such merit in the plaintiff’s case as demands that the complaint should be retained and amended. The second exception is as. follows: “II. Because his Honor, Judge Townsend,- overruled the demurrer, as to the second paragraph thereof, and held that
3. We proceed to a consideration of the third question raised by this exception. If the nóte and mortgage were valid, the mortgagee unquestionably had the right to' assign them, and the question whether the person to whom they were assigned was an innocent assignee for value without notice, has nothing to do with this case.
4. The fourth question is disposed of by what was said in considering the first exception.
The only exception to the order of Judge Aldrich which is not susceptible to the foregoing objection is the one which complains of error in adjudging that Julia Jones and Lu
It is the judgment of this Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed and that the complaint be dismissed.