Linning v. Crawford

Decided January 15, 1832

Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1832-01-15

Tried before Mr. Justice Martin, at Abbeville, Fall Term, 1831. Trespass to try title. The' plaintiffs claimed under a grant to Edward Blake, and offered in evidence a certified copy from the records in the office of the Secretary of State, upon affidavit, made by all the plaintiffs, of the loss, &e., of the original, as required by the act of 1803, 2 Faust, 498.

Decided 1832-01-15

O’Neall, J.

¶1This Court concurs in opinion with the presiding Judge. The affidavit must be made in the cause, and therefore must be made after the commencement of the suit; but there seems to be no other limitation as to the time at which it must be made.

Johnson, J. concurred.

¶2Motion refused.