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4 S.C.L. 96

Pickens v. Shackelford

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided November 15, 1806

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1806-11-15

Assumpsit. General issue pleaded. At the first court, after the declaration was filed, at Abbeville District Court, before Grimke, J., defendant in open court, and in the presence of the plaintiff's attorney, who was attending to the motion, moved for leave to plead double, which was granted ; whereupon the additional plea was directly handed to the clerk.

Decided 1806-11-15

Waties, J.,

¶1delivered the opinion of all the court. The leave to plead was granted on condition of pleading instanter. From the nature of such cases as the present, and from the statement of facts in this particular case, it is evident the plaintiff’s *97counsel had due notice of the plea in question, to which he might have replied immediately, if he was prepared to do so ; or if he wished further time to answer, it would have been granted upon his application. He was bound to take notice' of the plea put in, because, by the terms of leave to plead, it was necessary to plead instantly. If not pleaded instantly, that would have been a good objection. But this plea was in time, and there was no good ground for setting it aside.

¶2Motion granted.

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