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4 S.C.L. 176

Hickman v. Armstrong

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 15, 1807

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1807-04-15

, in Sumter district, on a motion to quash the writ, and set aside proceedings in this case, on the ground that the defendant had been served with the process, while he was on duty attending a muster of the militia, under a clause in the militia act of 1794, which enacts, “ that no civil officer whatsoever, shall on any pretence, execute any process, unless for treason, felony, or breach of the peace, on any person whatsoever, at any muster, or other time, when such person…

Decided 1807-04-15

Trezevant, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of a majority of the court,

¶2Wilds, J., dissented at first, but did not.deíiver any opinion to the contrary. The service was void, by the act of assembly. The defendant did no act from which his assent to the service can be implied. The objection was taken in time. It may be made at any time before third persons acquire a right founded on the proceedings against him, or are exposed to be affected by setting aside such proceedings. As between the parties themselves, the proceedings may be set aside at any time.

¶3Motion granted.

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