City Council v. Brown

Citations

• 42 S.C. 184
• 20 S.E. 56
• 1894 S.C. LEXIS 2

Syllabus

<p>1. City Court or Charleston — Appeal.—The mayor of Charleston having been given by statute the powers of a justice of a quorum within the city limits, and all such powers of the mayor having been conferred by subsequent statute on the recorder of the City Court of Charleston, with all the powers, authority, and jurisdiction of a trial justice, such recorder’s court is one of the inferior courts authorized by the Constitution, the recorder sits by virtue of the powers of a trial justice conferred upon him; and, therefore, from a conviction in his court under a municipal ordinance an appeal lies to the Circuit Court.</p> <p>2. Cases Criticised. — This case distinguished from Ex parte Schmidt, 24 S. 0., 363, and Anderson v. O’Donnell, 29 Id., 355 ; and Beaufort «. Ohlandt, 24 Id., 158, followed.</p>