Flenniken v. Buchanan

Citations

• 21 S.C. 432
• 1884 S.C. LEXIS 115

Syllabus

<p>A complaint alleged that <3. was lawfully seized and possessed of a tract of land which she vented to K. for one bale of cotton, and that the interests and claims of (3. and K. in the cotton made upon said land had been assigned to plaintiff for valuable consideration; that the sheriff had seized such cotton under warrant issued by the clerk of court at the instance of B., to enforce an alleged lien; that the defendants, the sheriff and B., unjustly detain said cotton, after demand made therefor by plaintiff; and judgment was asked for the cotton so seized, or for sixty dollars, its value, and for ten dollars damages. Held, that the complaint stated facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.</p>