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13 S.C.L. 380

Parks v. Duke

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided May 15, 1823

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1823-05-15

Laurens district, Spring Term, 1822. THIS was an action by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant, the amount of costs paid by him in consequence of his assignment of a note made by the defendant to him, on which assignment he bad been sued by Wm Cobb, to whom it was passed, and had suffered judgment to go against him by default.

Decided 1823-05-15

Mr. Justice Colcock

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2./This is certainly not a negotiable note. It is under seal. The scrawl must be considered as a seal, because it is clear the parties so considered it. The attestation of the maker says under my hand and seal. The plaintiff was not then liable to be sued as indorser, and might have defended himself against the suit and non suited the holder./ It was then his own fault that he has been subjected to costs, and consequently he has no right to recover them back from the defendant.

¶3The motion is granted.

Justices Johnson, Huger, Gantt and Nott, concurred-
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