Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1888

Bean v. Bean

Bean v. Bean
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided April 3, 1888 · McGowan
28 S.C. 607; 5 S.E. 827; 1888 S.C. LEXIS 185

Bean v. Bean

Opinion of the Court

1. Where a party holding a second mortgage agreed to cancel *608his own mortgage, and also to paya senior mortgage in consideration of four railroad bonds received from the mortgagor, his own mortgage is thereby satisfied.

April 3, 1888. G. W. Croft, for appellant. Henderson Bros., contra.

2. In an equity suit costs are within the discretion of the Circuit Judge, and his directions will rarely be interfered with.

Judgment (by Hudson, J.) affirmed. Opinion by

Mr. Justice McGowan,

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