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39 S.C.L. 440

Menude v. Butler

Court of Appeals of South Carolina · decided 1852-05-15

Before Whitner, J. at Sumter, Fall Term, 1851. The report of his Honor, the presiding Judge, is as follows: “ This was an action of debt on bail bond, against the defendant, as bail of one Samuel Gr.

Decided 1852-05-15

Curia, per O’Neall, J.

¶1The attempt, in this case, to shew a sufficient render, in discharge of the bail, utterly failed. All of our cases, from Bomar vs. Poole, (2 Speers, 120,) to Douglass vs. Owens, (a)decided here last term, shew this. As is said, in *443Moyers vs. Center, (2 Strob. 446,) the proof does not shew an actual, honest delivery of Bowman into the custody of the sheriff, so as clearly to make the sheriff liable for a subsequent escape.”

¶2There was no designation of the case in which there was a render ; there is no certain proof that the render, such as it was, was made to Wilder before or after he went out of office.

¶3To discharge the bail under such proof, would leave the plaintiff remediless. For the great probability is, that Wilder could not be made liable for an escape.

¶4The motion for a new trial is granted,

Evans, Wardlaw, Frost, Withers and Whitner, JJ. concurred.

¶5Motion granted.

¶6Ante p. 149.

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