Seegers v. Mccreery
Decision Date | 25 April 1894 |
Citation | 19 S.E. 696,41 S.C. 548 |
Parties | SEEGERS v. McCREERY et al. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal—Dismissal—Amendment of Pleading— New Trial.
1. An appeal will not be dismissed on the ground that appellant's exceptions are frivolous.
2. A motion to amend an answer so as to set up the statute of limitations, made during the trial, is addressed to the discretion of the trial court, and is not subject to review, unless the discretion is abused, or unless its exercise is based on an erroneous proposition of law.
3. The decision of a motion for a new trial, for newly-discovered evidence, will not be reviewed unless there is an abuse of discretion, or it is based on an erroneous conclusion of law.
Appeal from common pleas circuit court of Richland county.
Action by John C. Seegers against T. A McCreery & Co. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Dismissed.
William H. Lyles, for appellants.
Leroy F. Youmans, for respondent.
This is a motion on the part of the plaintiff (respondent) to dismiss the appeal of defendants on the grounds contained in his notice, as follows:
As to the ground that appellants' exceptions are frivolous, after considerable investigation, we have been unable to find any authority to dismiss the appeal on that ground. Several cases have been decided in this state wherein the point raised was as to the pleadings being frivolous, but they did not involve the appeal. On the other hand, in the case of ...
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