Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1822

English v. English

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided November 15, 1822 · Colcock, Huger, Johnson, Nott, Richardson

13 S.C.L. 238

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Richardson

delivered the opinion of the court:

No witness residing in the state could be examined de bene esse by the common law, and we have no statute au-i *239thorizing such an examination of a witness residing within forty miles, merely because he is President of a Branch Bank.

The motion is therefore granted.

Justices Huger, Nott, Colcock and Johnson, concurred.

■, for the motion.

•, contra.

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