Case Name: Nimrod Kelly vs. Thos. Payne, Sheriff
Court: Constitutional Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1821-05
Citations: 1 McCord 138
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nimrod Kelly vs. Thos. Payne, Sheriff.
Judges: Justices Colcock, Johnson, Richardson, Nott and Gantt, concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 138–139

Head Matter:
Nimrod Kelly vs. Thos. Payne, Sheriff.
in debt, against tbe sheriff, under the act of assembly allowing a person 50 per cent against him for money collected and not paid over, the allegation of non-payment is a sufficient assignment of the breach.-
*TííIS was an aGtion of debt, against the sheriff, on the act, to recover SO per cent on a sum of money collected by him and not paid over,.
A verdict was had for the plaintiff.
A motion was submitted to arrest the judgment, on the ground that no breach was assigned in the declaration.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Huger
delivered the opinion of the Court. The breach is the non-payment of the money, which is assigned in the declaration. •
The motion is dismissed. '
Justices Colcock, Johnson, Richardson, Nott and Gantt, concurred.