37 S.C.L. 281
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided July 1, 1832
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1832-07-01
Before Earle, J. at Beaufort, Fall Term, 1831. The report of his Honor, the presiding Judge, is as follows : “ John Law, the defendant’s intestate, in his life time instituted separate actions of slander against' the present plaintiffs, Cordray and Cuthburt.
Decided 1832-07-01
¶1Curia, per
¶2The Act of the Legislature, regulating appeals from the circuit court, authorizes the party prevailing therein, to enter up his judgment, and the execution, only, is suspended by the appeal — and that judgment has always been regarded as final, unless set aside or reversed. The case of the Ordinary vs. Trail, (2 Bail. 480) referred to in the report, is decisive of this.