Carolina Savings Bank v. Evans

Citations

• 28 S.C. 521
• 6 S.E. 321
• 1888 S.C. LEXIS 78

Syllabus

<p>•1. Three appraisers appointed to lay off a homestead met and acted, but ; the return was agreed to and signed by only two of them. Held, that a majority having concurred, the return was valid, especially so as these three appraisers were all appointed by the court. Me. Chief Justice Simpson, dissenting.</p> <p>:2. An ambiguous statute may be so construed as to avoid inconvenient results.</p> <p>3. Where a return of homestead appraisers valuing the land at more than ' §1,000 and finding a division impracticable, was confirmed by the Circuit Court, the. order properly directed the sheriff to proceed in the matter according to law. An order of sale would have been premature.</p>