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18 S.C.L. 337

State v. Fife

Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1831-05-15

Tried before Mr. Justice Earle, at Fairfield, Spring Term, 1831. This was a suggestion to try the right to a sum of money, in the hands of the sheriff, made by him under executions against James Fife, at the several suits of the present defendant, and of the State. James Fife had been prosecuted for two distinct acts of trading with slaves; and on the 1st June, 1827, entered into recognizances to appear and answer to the said prosecutions.

Decided 1831-05-15

Harper, J.

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2No exception is taken to the form of the proceeding. The ground chiefly relied on, is, that James Fife was not indebted at the time of confessing the judgment to defendant; and that the case does not come within the decisions which have been made upon the statute of 13 Eliz. c. 5. We think however, that the jury might very well have concluded, that it was confessed with a view to a future debt, and if the judgment was fraudulently confessed, it was void independently of the statute of Elizabeth.

¶3Motion refused.

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