Court of Appeals of South Carolina February 15, 1838 (Richardson v. Richardson)

Curia per

Harper, Ch.

Though it may be regarded as the settled doctrine of the English courts at the present day, that every codicil is a re-publication of the will, whether annexed to it or referring to it or not, yet we certainly are not bound to follow the decision of the English courts, innovating on previously established doctrine, since our jurisprudence was separated from theirs.