Supreme Court of South Carolina February 15, 1876 (Jacobs v. Woodside)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Moses, C. J.

The action was a sealed note, dated October 20, 1860, payable at twelve months to E. 0. Jacobs, executor, and signed by John Charles, J. L. Woodside and Thomas Goldsmith. Jacobs was the executor of the last will and testament of his father, William Jacobs, and in that capacity took the note.