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30 S.C.L. 262

Preston v. Simons

Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Decided January 15, 1845

Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1845-01-15

Tried in the City Court of Charleston, November Term, 1844. The following is the report of the Recorder. “This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover $468 85, on notes, checks and moneys lent. The questions in the case arose entirely on the state of the pleadings.

Decided 1845-01-15

¶1Curia, per

O’Neall, J.

¶2The court thinks the first plea a plea in abatement, and, therefore, bad as pleaded. Yet, as the court thinks the third plea good, and well pleaded, and after being pleaded and sustained, the defendant, even if he should fail in verifying his third plea, cannot recur to his first, inasmuch as his pleas in bar supersede or overrule the plea in abatement, being pleaded out *268of and in advance of their legal order, it is unnecessary further to notice it. Upon the third plea, the court concurs in the judgment of the Recorder, and is glad to have it in its power to refer to his excellent argument in support of his judgment below, for the reasons of the dismissal of the motion here.

¶3The motion to reverse the Recorder’s decision is dismissed.

The whole court concurred.
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