Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1822

Tunno v. Happoldt

Tunno v. Happoldt
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided May 15, 1822 · Colcock, Gantt, Johnson, Nott, Richardson
13 S.C.L. 188

Tunno v. Happoldt

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Richardson

delivered the opinion of the court:

The claim of Mr. Ogier was by simple contract, i. e. by a note. And the question is,' can the mortgage deed change the character of the note, or give it a preference to other simple contract debts under the administrators law.

I cannot perceive any reason in supposing the simple contract debt changed by the mortgage, That deed gave a particular lien upion certain property, but here its object and intent terminated, and otherwise left the note as it stood before, still a simple contract. The postea must, therefore, ,be delivered to the plaintiff, with leave to enter up judgment upon the special verdict.

Justices Colcock, Nott, Gantt and Johnson, concurred.

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