Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1939

Lide v. Fidelity Deposit Co. of Maryland

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided July 31, 1939 · MR. WM. H. GRIMBALL, ACTING ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

4 S.E.2d 263; 191 S.C. 297; 1939 S.C. LEXIS 91 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Messrs. J.D. McInnes, B.W. Hyman and L.M. Lawson , for appellant, cite: Complaint: 148 S.C. 410 ; 146 S.E., 240 ; 156 S.C. 203 ; 152 S.E., 878 ; 152 S.C. 305 ; 149 S.E., 243 ; 85 S.C. 284 ; 43 S.E., 679 ; 158 S.C. 112 ; 155 S.E., 268 ; 173 S.C. 112 ; 174 S.E., 913 ; 18 S.C. 366 ; 70 S.C. 1 ; 48 S.E., 619 ; 68 S.C. 204 ; 46 S.E., 1006 ; 114 S.C. 511 ; 104 S.E., 182 ; 171 S.C. 147 ; 171 S.E., 804 . Amendment: 60 S.C. 492 ; 38 S.E., 112 . As to acts being ministerial or judicial: 70 S.C. 1 ; 48 S.E., 619 ; 92 S.C. 329 ; 75 S.E., 549 ; 46 S.C. 562 ; 24 S.E., 673 ; 5 Rich. Eq., 475; 169 S.C. 244 ; 168 S.E., 697 . Offset: 21 S.C. 41 ; 172 S.C. 276 ; 173 S.E., 908 ; 175 S.C. 18 ; 177 S.E., 895 ; 27 S.C. 63 ; 2 S.E., 640 . Accounting: 169 S.C. 263 ; 168 S.E., 705 ; 41 S.C. 457 ; 11 S.C. 295 ; 3 McC., 509. Interest: 196 S.C. 244 ; 168 S.E., 697 . Messrs. Jas R. Coggeshall and Tison Miller , for respondents, cite: Liability for official acts: 173 S.E., 463; 2 Bay, 69; 18 Am. Dec., 643; 16 S.C. 445 ; 42 Am. Rep., 641; 18 S.C. 242 ; 170 S.E., 460 ; 23 Cyc., 567; 33 C. J., 981. Liability for errors in judgment: 6 Am. Dec., 30; 2 Bay, 60; 17 A. E., 728; 23 C.J., 1094; 2 Nott McCord, 173; 70 S.C. 1 . Offset: 172 S.C. 276 ; 173 S.E., 908 ; 139 S.E., 596; 55 A.L.R., 819; 130 S.E., 328 ; 210 S.W. 143; 5 A.L.R., 79; 29 S.E., 182; 40 A.L. R., 250; 66 A.S.R., 167; 11 S.C. 337 ; 12 R.C.L. 1157; 23 Am. Dec., 186; 28 C.J., 119; 2 Strob. Eq., 289; 5 Rich. Eq., 477.

Opinion of the Court

July 31, 1939. *Page 310

The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an appeal from an order of Honorable E.C. Dennis, Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit by which order he overruled exceptions to the report of Honorable Sherwood C. Chapman, Special Referee herein.

After due consideration of the exceptions to the order of the Circuit Judge, we find his conclusions satisfactory to this Court. It is hereby affirmed.

Let the order of his Honor, Circuit Judge Dennis, be reported, and also the report of the Special Referee herein.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STABLER and MESSRS. JUSTICES BONHAM, BAKER and FISHBURNE concur.

MR. JUSTICE CARTER did not participate on account of illness.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.