Swygert v. Wingard

Citations

• 48 S.C. 321
• 26 S.E. 653
• 1897 S.C. LEXIS 98

Syllabus

<p>1. Exception. — The office of an exception is to point out some specific error, and one faulty in this respect will not be considered.</p> <p>2. Trespass — Tenant.—The fact that a landlord leased premises to one person while another tenant was in possession under lease does not constitute trespass.</p> <p>3. Ibid. — Ibid.—Action.—Res Adjddicata. — Where it is charged that a landlord “countenanced, instigated, and encouraged” his tenant to commit trespass upon another’s lands, and the jury find in favor of such tenant, the cause of action against the landlord is terminated.</p>