Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1941

Grant v. Butt

Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided December 1, 1941 · Stukes, Bonham, Messrs, Baker, Fishburne, Bellinger

17 S.E.2d 689; 198 S.C. 298; 1941 S.C. LEXIS 86 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Mr. A.R. McGowan, Mr. Irving Steinberg , and Mr. W. Turner Logan, Jr. , all of Charleston, for appellant, cite: As to demurrer: 21 R.C.L., 504-510, Tit. "Pleading", Secs. 69-70; 192 S.C. 373 ; 6 S.E.2d 750 and 751; Code 1932, Sec. 477; 70 S.C. 572 ; 50 S.E. 499 ; 173 S.C. 320 ; 175 S.E. 534 ; 21 R.C.L. 519; 101 S.C. 429 ; 85 S.E. 1060 ; 141 S.C. 453 ; 140 S.E. 105 ; 44 S.C. 46 ; 21 S.E. 449 and 456; Code 1932, Sec. 478. As to interpretation of consideration of contract: The Sexual Life of Our Time , Bloch, translated by M. Eden Paul (N.Y., Allied Book Co., 1928), pp. 435, 436; 65 N.J. Eq. 636 ; 56 A. 728 ; 126 Or. 193 ; 268 P. 75 ; 83 W. Va. 274 ; 98 S.E. 212 ; 181 S.C. 360 ; 187 S.E. 524 ; 159 Md. 447 ; 150 A. 867 ; 224 Mich. 470 ; 194 N.W. 1015 ; 261 Mich. 288 ; 246 N.W. 123 ; 264 Mich. 547 ; 250 N.W. 305 ; 266 Mich. 172 ; 253 N.W. 257 ; 98 Neb. 380 ; 152 N.W. 792 ; 123 Neb. 88 ; 242 N.W. 267 ; 127 Misc. 387 ; 215 N Y Supp. 553; 149 Or. 426 ; 41 P.2d 247 ; 12 S.D. 511 ; 81 N.W. 885 ; 76 Am. St. Rep. 626; 65 Vt. 200 ;. Mr. J.D.E. Meyer and Mr. George H. Momeier , both of Charleston, for respondent, cite: As to unlawful cohabitation: 159 S.E. 492 ; 161 S.C. 77 ; 79 A.L.R. 123; 135 S.E. 380 ; 137 S.C. 345 . As to public policy: 123 S.E. 97 ; 128 S.C. 428 ; 122 S.E. 586 ; 128 S.C. 223 ; 35 A.L.R. 1482; 181 S.E. 897 ; 178 S.C. 9 ; 105 A.L.R. 102; 66 N.E. 103 ; 173 N.Y. 359 ; 62 A.L.R. 362; 99 P. 1109 ; 9 Cal.App. 622 ; 61 Mo. 110 ; 23 S.E. 812; 41 W. Va. (?); 80 S.W. 778; 118 Ky. 237 ; 66 L.R.A. 275; 4 Ann. Cas. 1102; 18 R.C.L. 410, Sec. 31; Art. III Sec. 33, Constitution 1895; Sec. 8751, Code 1932; Sec. 1448, Code 1932; 108 S.C. 271 ; 94 S.E. 19 ; 2 A.L. R. 438; 63 S.C. 244 ; 41 S.E. 312 ; 69 S.C. 406 ; 48 S.E. 297 ; 2 Kent, Com., 14 Ed., p. 379, n.; Art. II, Sec. 7, Constitution 1895; Secs. 8396, 8398, Code 1932; Sec. 8400, Code 1932; Sec. 8403, Code 1932; Sec. 1268, Code 1932; Sec. 1271, Code 1932; Sec. 1272, Code 1932. As to fornication and adultery: Secs. 1435, 1436, 1437, Code 1932; 1 McMull., 147; 159 S.C. 526 , 157 S.E. 836 ; 12 Am. Jur. 675, Sec. 176; 45 F.2d 426 . As to restraint of marriage: 125 U.S. 190 ; 8 S.Ct. 723 ; 186 S.C. 482 ,.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes.

This Court is in full accord with the result of the judgment of the Circuit Court reached on several grounds in the order of Special Judge George Bell Timmerman sustaining the demurrer to the complaint. This order sufficiently states *313 the pleadings and issues; it will be reported. Appellant’s exceptions thereto have been carefully considered and are overruled and the judgment below affirmed.

Mr. Chief Justice Bonham, Messrs. Associate Justices Baker and Fishburne, and Mr. Acting Associate Justice G. Duncan Bellinger concur.

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