Teague v. Maxwell

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Teague v. Maxwell

10 S.C.L. 200

Supreme Court of South Carolina·Decided May 15, 1818·Published

Opinion

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Gantt, J.

The Court' are of opinion, that recovery alone, in an action of trover, fixes the right of property in the defendant.¹ That the child in question constituted no part of the former suit. That the identity of the child *is to be considered separate and distinct from that of the mother.² The right of property whereof is still in the plaintiff.

The nonsuit must therefore be set aside, and the case reinstated on the docket.

Grimke, Colcock, Cheves, Nott and Johnson, JJ., concurred.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Gantt, J.

The Court' are of opinion, that recovery alone, in an action of trover, fixes the right of property in the defendant.¹ That the child in question constituted no part of the former suit. That the identity of the child *is to be considered separate and distinct from that of the mother.² The right of property whereof is still in the plaintiff.

The nonsuit must therefore be set aside, and the case reinstated on the docket.

Grimke, Colcock, Cheves, Nott and Johnson, JJ., concurred.

Teague v. Maxwell, 10 S.C.L. 200 (S.C. 1818).

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