Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1818

M'Daniel v. Scoggins

M'Daniel v. Scoggins
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided May 15, 1818 · Bay, Cheves, Gantt, Grimm, Johnson
9 S.C.L. 227

M'Daniel v. Scoggins

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Gantt.

As the law requires that the plaintiff, in a proceeding of this kind, shall distinctly state the circumstances of his case, and as no mention was made therein of this second promise, I am clearly of opinion that no evidence of such promise ought to have been permitted to go to the Jury.

A new trial should be had in the case.

GrimM, Bay, Johnson, and Cheves, J. concurred.

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