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13 S.C.L. 309

Sargent v. Fox

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 15, 1823

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1823-01-15

ON the 26th July, 1821, the Ordinary of Charleston district granted letters of administration on the personal estate of John Phillips White, deceased, to the defendant.

Decided 1823-01-15

Mr. Justice Johnson

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2I am not aware of any law that requires the publication of a citation in the newspapers, and none such has been adduced. The mode resorted to in this case has been immemorially and almost universally practised.

¶3The motion must be refused.

Justices Colcock, Nott and Huger, concurred.
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