Supreme Court of South Carolina June 15, 1857 (Blanding v. Corp. of Columbia)

*578The opinion of the Court was delivered by ,

Wardlaw, Ch.

The question presented for judgment in this case is strictly a legal question, dependent on the construction of a contract; and I suppose the case was referred to this Court because the Chancellors desired the advice and aid of their brethren of the Law bench in deciding a matter of common law.