Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1928

Bolt v. Ligon

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided March 30, 1928 · Brease, Watts, Messrs, Cothran, Stabuer, Carter

142 S.E. 504; 144 S.C. 218; 1928 S.C. LEXIS 61 (South Eastern Reporter)

Counsel

Messrs. Luther K. Brice and Lyles, Daniel Drummond , for appellant, cite: Where general and specific provisions of a contract deal with the same subject matter, the specific provisions are to control: 114 Pac., 429; 115 N.W., 383; 145 Pac., 492 ; 13 C.J., 537; 97 Am. Dec., 179; 127 N.W., 1109. Construction of ambiguous contracts: 13 C.J., 525; 106 S.E., 390; 115 S.E., 712; 151 N.Y.S., 1045 ; 153 N YS., 985; 102 N.E., 481 ; 177 Ill., 500 ; 51 Sou., 853. Not in province of a Court to change the terms of a contract: 13 C.J., 541; 84 Pac., 535. Messrs. Wilton H. Earle and Bomar Osborne , for respondent, cite: Interpretation of contracts: 100 S.C. 9 ; 89 S.C. 80 , 81 ; 2 Page on Contracts, Sec. 1113; 13 C.J., 545; 53 Sou., 542. Doctrine of "ejusdem generis" not applicable here: 83 S.C. 566 ; 102 S.C. 498 ; 106 Pac., 950; 2 Page on Contracts, Sec. 1121.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Brease.

The decree of his Honor, E. C. Dennis, Circuit Judge in this cause, is entirely satisfactory to this Court. The same will be reported.

It is the judgment of this Court that the exceptions to the said decree be and same are hereby dismissed.

Mr. Chief Justice Watts and Messrs. Justices Cothran, StabuEr and Carter concur.

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